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 |
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| Synonyms | Yucca smalliana |
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| Broader (hypernym) | yucca |
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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 |
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| Synonyms | Yucca glauca |
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| Broader (hypernym) | yucca |
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3. | bear grass (plant) stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico |
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| Synonyms | Nolina microcarpa |
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| Broader (hypernym) | agave, American aloe, century plant |
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| Member meronym | genus Nolina, Nolina |
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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 |
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| Synonyms | squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax |
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| Broader (hypernym) | liliaceous plant |
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| Member meronym | genus Xerophyllum, Xerophyllum |
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