ADAM'S NEEDLE

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Meaning:

Yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages

Synonyms:

Adam's needle; Adam's needle-and-thread; needle palm; spoonleaf yucca; Yucca filamentosa

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Adam's needle" is a kind 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)

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