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CENTURY PLANT

\sˈɛnt͡ʃəɹi plˈant], \sˈɛnt‍ʃəɹi plˈant], \s_ˈɛ_n_tʃ_ə_ɹ_i p_l_ˈa_n_t]\

Definitions of CENTURY PLANT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

An American plant, so named because of the mistaken belief that it blooms only once in a hundred years.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

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