plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae

widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies

Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope

Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal

Mexican plant used especially for making tequila

chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae