- 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
--1 is a kind of desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant
--1 is a member of Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family
--1 has particulars:American agave, Agave americana; sisal, Agave sisalana; maguey, cantala, Agave cantala; maguey, Agave atrovirens; Agave tequilana; dracaena; bear grass, Nolina microcarpa; sansevieria, bowstring hemp