bear grass

noun

1. 1

   plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

2. 2

   stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

3. 3

   yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

4. 4

   yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers