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OUR LORD'S CANDLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Our Lord's candle mean?
• OUR LORD'S CANDLE (noun)
The noun OUR LORD'S CANDLE has 1 sense:
1. yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers
Familiarity information: OUR LORD'S CANDLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Our Lord's candle; Yucca whipplei
Hypernyms ("Our Lord's candle" 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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