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SOAP-WEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soap-weed mean?
• SOAP-WEED (noun)
The noun SOAP-WEED has 1 sense:
1. tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States
Familiarity information: SOAP-WEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
soap-weed; soap tree; soapweed; Yucca elata
Hypernyms ("soap-weed" 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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