joshua tree

1. 1.

   a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers

   SynonymsYucca brevifolia

   Broaderyucca

Questions about joshua tree

What does joshua tree mean?

joshua tree means "a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers".

What is another word for joshua tree?

Close synonyms include Yucca brevifolia. 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 joshua tree a common word?

joshua tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.