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Spanish Bayonet

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Noun

1. spanish bayonet, yucca baccata

tall yucca of the southwestern United States and Mexico having a woody stem and stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers

2. spanish bayonet, yucca aloifolia

a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spanish Bayonet

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noun
any of several American liliaceous plants of the genus Yucca, esp Y. aloifolia, that have a tall woody stem, stiff pointed leaves, and large clusters of white flowers: cultivated for ornament
See also Adam's-needle

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Spanish Bayonet

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any of a number of yuccas, esp. any of two species (Yucca aloifolia or Y. gloriosa) with stiff, sword-shaped leaves
: also called Spanish dagger

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spanish Bayonet

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n.
Any of several yuccas often planted as ornamentals, especially Yucca aloifolia, having a tall woody stem and stiff swordlike pointed leaves.

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