ADAM'S NEEDLE-AND-THREAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Adam's needle-and-thread mean? 

• ADAM'S NEEDLE-AND-THREAD (noun)
  The noun ADAM'S NEEDLE-AND-THREAD has 1 sense:

1. yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages

  Familiarity information: ADAM'S NEEDLE-AND-THREAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADAM'S NEEDLE-AND-THREAD (noun)

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Meaning:

Yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Adam's needle; Adam's needle-and-thread; needle palm; spoonleaf yucca; Yucca filamentosa

Hypernyms ("Adam's needle-and-thread" is a kind of...):

yucca (any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America)