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century plant

cen·tu·ry plant (plural cen·tu·ry plants)


noun 
Definition:
 
slow-maturing agave: a plant with grayish green leaves that takes ten to thirty years to mature and flowers just once before dying. Native to: Mexico, southern United States.  Latin name Agave americana.

[< the length of its maturation]
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