bear grass

(noun) yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers. Synonyms: bear grass, Yucca smalliana.

(noun) yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers. Synonyms: bear grass, Yucca glauca.

(noun) 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.

(noun) plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers. Synonyms: squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax.