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Bear grass

Bear grass Meaning & Definition
Bear grass Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bear grass?

[n] plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
[n] stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
[n] 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
[n] yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bear grass: Nolina microcarpa | squaw grass | Xerophyllum tenax | Yucca glauca | Yucca smalliana

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See Also | agave | American aloe | century plant | genus Nolina | genus Xerophyllum | liliaceous plant | Nolina | Xerophyllum | yucca

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