Century-Plant
a popular name of the Agave americana, or American aloe.
CEOS (sometimes called by the Italianized name of Zea or Tzia), one of the Cyclades, in the AEgean Sea, 14 miles off the Attic coast. It is 13 miles long, 8 broad and 39 square miles in area. The central and culminating point is Mount Elias, 1,863 feet high. It is fairly fertile, raising fruit, wine, honey, and valonia. Pop. about 4,000.