dasylirionn.
/dasɪˈlɪrɪən/ A plant of the liliaceous genus of this name, indigenous to Mexico and the south-western U.S., having white bell-shaped flowers, cultivated as a greenhouse evergreen plant.
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1858 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 84 tab. 5030 (heading) Bearded-leaved Dasylirium.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 385/1 Dasylirion, a genus of Bromeliaceæ, consisting of Mexican plants with short stems, and densely crowded linear leaves which droop gracefully.]
1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 262/1 The Dasylirions have stout woody stems and large heads of narrow leaves.
1933 Punch 11 Jan. 45/1 I simply yearn to look a dasylirion in the eye.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 640/1 Dasylirions are excellent plants for subtropical bedding, their gracefully drooping leaves being ornamental at all times.
1963 W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 29 The dasylirion has leaves as sharp as saws.
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