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family Agavaceae — noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae • Syn: ↑Agavaceae, ↑agave family, ↑sisal family • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
sisal — /suy seuhl, sis euhl/, n. 1. Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc. 2. the plant itself. [1835 45; short for Sisal grass or hemp, named after Sisal, port in Yucatán] * * * … Universalium
Sisal hemp — Hemp Hemp (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka nnabis, ka nnabos; cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from some… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
agave family — noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae • Syn: ↑Agavaceae, ↑family Agavaceae, ↑sisal family •… … Useful english dictionary
liliid monocot family — noun family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Iridaceae, ↑family Iridaceae, ↑iris family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
agave family — the plant family Agavaceae, characterized by herbaceous or woody plants having rhizomes, a basal cluster of toothed, sword shaped leaves, and a tall, dense spike of flowers, including the agave, century plant, dracaena, sansevieria, sisal, and… … Universalium
American aloe — noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber • Syn: ↑agave, ↑century plant • Hypernyms: ↑desert plant, ↑xerophyte, ↑xerophytic plant,… … Useful english dictionary
century plant — noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber • Syn: ↑agave, ↑American aloe • Hypernyms: ↑desert plant, ↑xerophyte, ↑xerophytic plant,… … Useful english dictionary
genus Agave — noun type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Agavaceae, ↑family Agavaceae, ↑agave family, ↑sisal family • Member Meronym … Useful english dictionary
Liliales — noun an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae • Syn: ↑order Liliales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Liliidae, ↑subclass Liliidae • Member M … Useful english dictionary
