Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun century_plant

1 sense of century plant

Sense 1
agave, century plant, American aloe -- (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)
       => desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant -- (plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte)