bear grass

Noun
  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 (synset 112504534)
    is a type of: yucca - any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
    same as: 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 (synset 112504130)
    is a type of: yucca - any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
    same as: yucca glauca
  3. Stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers;
    Southwestern United States and Mexico (synset 112500509)
    is a type of: agave, american aloe, century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
    belongs to: genus nolina, nolina - perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico
    same as: nolina microcarpa
  4. Plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers (synset 112486062)
    is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
    belongs to: genus xerophyllum, xerophyllum - small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
    same as: squaw grass, xerophyllum tenax

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