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Noun: bear grass  behr grãs
  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
    - 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
    - Yucca glauca
     
  3. Stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
    - Nolina microcarpa
     
  4. Plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
    - squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax

Derived forms: bear grasses

Type of: agave, American aloe, century plant, liliaceous plant, yucca

Part of: genus Nolina, genus Xerophyllum, Nolina, Xerophyllum

Encyclopedia: Bear grass