Memidex - agave (desert plant)
Definition:
a tropical American plant with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Class:
plant noun
Plural:
agaves
Type of:
desert plant » vascular plant » plant » organism » living thing
Member of:
Agavaceae » Liliales » Liliidae » Monocotyledones » Angiospermae » Spermatophyta » Plantae
Original source:
Examples:
Agave tequilana | American agave | bear grass | dracaena | maguey | maguey | sansevieria | sisal
Synonyms:
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