bear grass

/bɛər græs/

Definitions of bear grass

1. noun

   yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
   synonyms: Yucca smalliana

   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

   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
   synonyms: Yucca glauca

   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
3. noun

   stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
   synonyms: Nolina microcarpa

   type of:

   American aloe, agave, century plant

   tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
4. noun

   plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
   synonyms: Xerophyllum tenax, squaw grass

   type of:

   liliaceous plant

   plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber