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furcræa|fɜːˈkriːə|
Also four-, crœa, -croya.
[mod.L. (A. Ventenat 1793, in Bulletin des Sciences de la Société Philomathique I. 65), f. the name of the French chemist A. F. de Fourcroy (1755–1809).]
A tropical American plant of the genus so named, closely related to Agave and belonging to the family Amaryllidaceæ.
1821Curtis's Bot. Mag. XLVIII. 2250 (heading) Gigantic Furcrœa. 1900L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. s.v., As a rule, Furcræas bear fruit not more than once, and then die without producing suckers. 1901Westm. Gaz. 3 July 7/1 Poles of the furcroea aloe for the construction of recreation-rooms and school houses. 1963Robertson & Gooding Bot. Caribbean v. 45 (caption) Bulbil of Furcraea. Ibid. xxiii. 213 Other members [of the Agavaceæ)] familiar in the West Indies are..Furcraea spp. (Maypole) with creamy white flowers. |