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Bear Grass

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Noun

1. bear grass, yucca smalliana

yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

2. bear grass, yucca glauca

yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

3. bear grass, nolina microcarpa

stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

4. bear grass, squaw grass, xerophyllum tenax

plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bear Grass

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n.
1. A western North American perennial herb (Xerophyllum tenax) having a dense clump of basal grasslike leaves and a tall stalk bearing a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers.
2. Any of several similar North American plants, especially species of the genera Nolina and Yucca.

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