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