Defenition of the word bear grass
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Defenition of the word bear grass
- stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
- 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
- yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
- plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
Synonyms for the word bear grass
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- Nolina microcarpa
- squaw grass
- Xerophyllum tenax
- Yucca glauca
- Yucca smalliana
Meronymys for the word bear grass
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- genus Nolina
- genus Xerophyllum
- Nolina
- Xerophyllum
Hypernyms for the word bear grass
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- agave
- American aloe
- century plant
- liliaceous plant
- yucca
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