bear grass Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
   Yucca smalliana.
   
2. noun 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 glauca.
   
3. noun stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
   Nolina microcarpa.
   
4. noun plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
   Xerophyllum tenax; squaw grass.
   

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