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English noun: bear grass

1. bear grass (plant) yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers


SynonymsYucca smalliana


Broader (hypernym)yucca

2. bear grass (plant) 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


SynonymsYucca glauca


Broader (hypernym)yucca

3. bear grass (plant) stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico


SynonymsNolina microcarpa


Broader (hypernym)agave, American aloe, century plant


Member meronymgenus Nolina, Nolina

4. bear grass (plant) plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers


Synonymssquaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax


Broader (hypernym)liliaceous plant


Member meronymgenus Xerophyllum, Xerophyllum









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