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SPANISH BAYONET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Spanish bayonet; Yucca aloifolia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Spanish bayonet" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Spanish bayonet; Yucca baccata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Spanish bayonet" 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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