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century plant vs sisal

sisal vs century plant

century plant and sisal both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
century plant Yes No No No
sisal Yes No No No
As nouns, sisal is a hyponym of century plant; that is, sisal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than century plant:
  • century plant: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
  • sisal: Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
Other hyponyms of century plant include Agave americana, American agave, Agave sisalana, Agave cantala, cantala, maguey, Agave atrovirens, maguey, Agave tequilana, dracaena, bear grass, Nolina microcarpa, bowstring hemp, sansevieria.
century plant (noun) sisal (noun)
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
a plant fiber used for making rope
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