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YUCCA ALOIFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yucca aloifolia mean? 

YUCCA ALOIFOLIA (noun)
  The noun YUCCA ALOIFOLIA has 1 sense:

1. a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: YUCCA ALOIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.


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YUCCA ALOIFOLIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Spanish bayonet; Yucca aloifolia

Hypernyms ("Yucca aloifolia" 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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