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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers;
[syn: bear grass, Yucca smalliana]

2. 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;
[syn: bear grass, Yucca glauca]

3. stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico;
[syn: bear grass, Nolina microcarpa]

4. plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers;
[syn: squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. [NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.] (Bot.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. [1913 Webster] Note: The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca aloifolia, Yucca Treculiana, and Yucca baccata) are called Spanish bayonet, and one with softer leaves (Yucca filamentosa) is called bear grass, and Adam's needle. [1913 Webster] Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth (Pronuba yuccasella) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus Yucca. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bear grass n 1: yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers [syn: bear grass, Yucca smalliana] 2: 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 [syn: bear grass, Yucca glauca] 3: stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico [syn: bear grass, Nolina microcarpa] 4: plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers [syn: squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax]