| 单词 | century plant |
| 释义 | agave /ə-gāˈvē/nounA plant of the aloe-like American genus Agave (family Amaryllidaceae), in Mexico usu flowering about the seventh year, in hothouse conditions requiring 40–60 (popularly 100) years (also called American aloe, maguey and century plant) ORIGIN: L Agāvē, Gr Agauē, daughter of Cadmus, fem of agauos illustrious century /senˈtyŭ-ri or senˈchə-ri/nounA set or series of a hundred, esp of consecutive years (usu reckoned from the conventionally accepted date of Christ's birth), runs at cricket, or Roman soldiers ORIGIN: L centuria a century, from centum a hundred centūˈrial adjective centuriāˈtion noun Division into hundreds centūˈriātor noun One of a group of 16c Reformed divines of Magdeburg who compiled a church history in 13 volumes, each volume covering a century centūˈrion noun
century plant noun An agave (Agave americana) of Mexico and southern USA which flowers only once in many years |
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