american aloe

1. 1.

   tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

   Synonymsagavecentury plant

   Broaderdesert plant

   NarrowerAmerican agavesisalmagueyAgave tequilanadracaenabear grasssansevieria

   Part ofAgavaceae

Questions about american aloe

What does american aloe mean?

american aloe means "tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber".

What is another word for american aloe?

Close synonyms include agave, century plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american aloe a common word?

american aloe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.