giant cabuya

noun

: a perennial succulent plant (Furcraea foetida synonym F. gigantea) native from the Greater Antilles to Brazil that is closely related to and much resembles the agaves and is cultivated in warm regions for its hard fiber

called also green aloe

see mauritius hemp

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