Spanish bayonet

Other forms: Spanish bayonets

Definitions of Spanish bayonet

1. noun

   tall yucca of the southwestern United States and Mexico having a woody stem and stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers
   synonyms: Yucca baccata

   type 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
2. noun

   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
   synonyms: Yucca aloifolia

   type 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