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ADAM'S NEEDLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Adam's needle mean?
• ADAM'S NEEDLE (noun)
The noun ADAM'S NEEDLE has 1 sense:
1. yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
Familiarity information: ADAM'S NEEDLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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" 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)
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