Century plants
The crossword clue "Century plants" is answered by ALOES, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALOES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALOES answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- MAGUEYS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALOES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALOES, most used first.
- Medicinal plants - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" - used 41 times, most recently in 2015
- African lilies - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Healing plants - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Bitter drug - used 25 times, most recently in 2008
- Lily plants - used 20 times, most recently in 2006
- Succulent plants - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Soothing plants - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- "A Lesson From ___" - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Soothing succulents - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Lotion ingredients - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Therapeutic plants - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
- Athol Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Shade of green - used 14 times, most recently in 1992
- Spiny houseplants - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Burn soothers - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Eaglewood - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
- Lotion additives - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Skin soothers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Emollient-yielding plants - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Palliative plants - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Some succulents - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Spiny-leaved plants - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Spiny plants - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- "A Lesson from ___" (Fugard drama) - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- "A Lesson From __" (Fugard play) - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Agalloch - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
- Fleshy plants - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Skin lotion ingredients - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Succulents that soothe - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Century plant - AGAVE, used 74 times
- Desert plants - CACTI, used 73 times
- Prickly plants - CACTI, used 67 times
- Marsh plants - REEDS, used 52 times
- Climbing plants - IVIES, used 45 times
- Flowerless plants - FERNS, used 27 times
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