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adam'sneedle

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Ad⋅am's-nee⋅dle

[ad-uhmz-need-l]
–noun
a yucca, Yucca filamentosa, grown as an ornamental, having sword-shaped leaves and a tall spike of creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers.

Origin:
1750–60, Americanism
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