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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The flowering plant Yucca filamentosa. uncountable
2. 2
   valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

indian milletmountain ricemountain riceoryzopsis hymenoidessilk grass

Etymology

From silk + grass.

Related phrases

flowering plant

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