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NOLINA MICROCARPA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nolina microcarpa" is a kind of...):
agave; American aloe; century plant (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)
Holonyms ("Nolina microcarpa" is a member of...):
genus Nolina; Nolina (perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico)