bear grass

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsYucca smalliana

   Broaderyucca
2. 2.

   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

   SynonymsYucca glauca

   Broaderyucca
3. 3.

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

   SynonymsNolina microcarpa

   Broaderagave

   Part ofNolina
4. 4.

   plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

   Synonymssquaw grassXerophyllum tenax

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Part ofXerophyllum

Questions about bear grass

What does bear grass mean?

bear grass means "yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bear grass?

Close synonyms include Yucca smalliana, Yucca glauca, Nolina microcarpa, squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bear grass a common word?

bear grass is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.