bear grass

Noun	1.	bear grass - 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: Yucca smalliana
	2.	bear grass - 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: Yucca glauca
	3.	bear grass - stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico Synonyms: Nolina microcarpa
	4.	bear grass - plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers Synonyms: squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax

yucca, Yucca smalliana