HyperDic: adam[s_needle-and-thread

English > 1 sense of the expression Adam's needle-and-thread:
NOUNplantAdam's needle-and-thread, Adam's needle, spoonleaf yucca, needle palm, Yucca filamentosayucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
English > Adam's needle-and-thread: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningyucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages.
SynonymsAdam's needle, spoonleaf yucca, needle palm, Yucca filamentosa
BroaderyuccaAny of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers

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