soap-weed

Definitions of soap-weed
  1. noun
    tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States
    synonyms: Yucca elata, soap tree, soapweed
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    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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