bear_grassEnglish

bear grass, Nolina microcarpa, Xerophyllum tenax, Yucca glauca, Yucca smalliana

Noun

Plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

English: squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax

Stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers, southwestern United States and Mexico

English: bear grass, Nolina microcarpa

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

English: bear grass, Yucca glauca

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Yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

English: bear grass, Yucca smalliana

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