American aloe
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historical examples
an american aloe, which had been forty-four years in the royal garden, suddenly threw out a profusion of blossoms.
blackwood’s edinburgh magazine, volume 68, no. 421, november 1850 various
you are like the great american aloe, by the time youre a hundred years old, youll be in full bloom!
single life john baldwin buckstone
noun
another name for century plant
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