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SOAP-WEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soap-weed mean? 

SOAP-WEED (noun)
  The noun SOAP-WEED has 1 sense:

1. tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: SOAP-WEED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOAP-WEED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

soap-weed; soap tree; soapweed; Yucca elata

Hypernyms ("soap-weed" 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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