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Definition of bear grass

plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
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
yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

Similar Words: squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax, Nolina microcarpa, Yucca glauca, Yucca smalliana

Member Meronyms: Xerophyllum, genus Xerophyllum, Nolina, genus Nolina

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