[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yucca \yuc"ca\, n. nl., from yuca, its name in st. domingo.
   bot.
   a genus of american liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants
   having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a
   more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy
   white blossoms.
   1913 webster

   note: the species with more rigid leaves as yucca
         aloifolia, yucca treculiana, and yucca baccata
         are called spanish bayonet, and one with softer
         leaves yucca filamentosa is called bear grass,
         and adam's needle.
         1913 webster

   yucca moth zool., a small silvery moth pronuba
      yuccasella whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
      yucca.
      1913 webster
see also:
yucca aloifolia yucca treculiana yucca baccata spanish bayonet yucca filamentosa bear grass 
adam's needle yucca moth pronuba yuccasella yucca 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bear grass
     n 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 syn: 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 syn: yucca glauca
     3: stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect
        panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern
        united states and mexico syn: nolina microcarpa
     4: plant of western north america having woody rhizomes and
        tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy
        white flowers syn: squaw grass, xerophyllum tenax
see also:
yucca smalliana yucca glauca nolina microcarpa squaw grass xerophyllum tenax 

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