bear grass meaning and definition

BEAR GRASS noun

Definition of bear grass (noun)

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
   • synonyms: Yucca smalliana
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
   • synonyms: Yucca glauca
3. stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
   • synonyms: Nolina microcarpa
4. plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
   • synonyms: squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax