HyperDic: adam[s_needle

English > 1 sense of the expression Adam's needle:
NOUNplantAdam's needle, Adam's needle-and-thread, spoonleaf yucca, needle palm, Yucca filamentosayucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
English > Adam's needle: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningyucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages.
SynonymsAdam's needle-and-thread, 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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