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Meanings of American agave in English

Portuguese
agave americana
Catalan
atzavara

Widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies.

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        Examples for "Agave americana"
        1
        We present a case of irritative contact dermatitis after exposure to the sap of Agave americana.
        Pubmed
        2
        The plant called American aloe, Agave americana (c.v.), belongs to a different order, viz.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        3
        The most familiar species is Agave americana (see fig.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        4
        The tall Cereus Giganteus and Agave Americana are found in abundance.
        Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona
        5
        Thus too the maguey,* (* Agave Americana, the aloe of our gardens.)
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        Translations for American agave
        Portuguese
        agave americana
        Catalan
        atzavara