genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils

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

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