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JOSHUA TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Joshua tree mean?
• JOSHUA TREE (noun)
The noun JOSHUA TREE has 1 sense:
1. a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers
Familiarity information: JOSHUA TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Joshua tree; Yucca brevifolia
Hypernyms ("Joshua tree" is a kind of...):
yucca (any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America)
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