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Aeoniums, native to the Canary Islands, an archipelago located not far off the coast of northwest Africa, are magnificent monocarpic plants.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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Etymology
probably from New Latin *monocarpicus, from mon- + -carpicus -carpic