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| a yucca, Yucca filamentosa, grown as an ornamental, having sword-shaped leaves and a tall spike of creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers. |
| Ad·am's-nee·dle (ād'əmz-nēd'l) n. Any of several closely related, stemless or nearly stemless plants of the genus Yucca, especially Y. filamentosa and Y. smalliana of the southeast United States, having long thin leaves and clusters of fragrant, white or off-white flowers. [From the spines on its leaves.] |