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NEEDLE PALM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does needle palm mean?
• NEEDLE PALM (noun)
The noun NEEDLE PALM has 1 sense:
1. yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
Familiarity information: NEEDLE PALM 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 ("needle palm" 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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