NOLINA MICROCARPA

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Meaning:

Stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

Synonyms:

bear grass; Nolina microcarpa

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Nolina microcarpa" is a kind of...):

agave; American aloe; century plant (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)

Holonyms ("Nolina microcarpa" is a member of...):

genus Nolina; Nolina (perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico)

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