bear grass

noun

Also called elk grass. a tall, western North American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, of the lily family, having narrow leaves and a dense, broad cluster of tiny white flowers.

any of several other plants having linear, grasslike leaves, as those of the genera Nolina and Dasylirion.

Origin of bear grass

An Americanism dating back to 1740–50

Words nearby bear grass

bear animalcule, bear claw, bear down, bear fruit, bear garden, bear grass, bear hug, bear in mind, bear leader, bear market, bear off

Example sentences from the Web for bear grass

The yucca or bear-grass is in perfection; its massive flower scapes are very telling.

Scientific American Supplement No. 299 |Various
It is formed of cedar-bark and bear-grass, so closely interwoven that it is water-tight, without the aid of either gum or resin.

First Across the Continent |Noah Brooks
The mother had dropped it or missed it in her panic, and the little thing lay whimpering in the bear-grass.

When the West Was Young |Frederick R. Bechdolt
As she lay crouched in the bear-grass there came to the girl clearly the crunch of wheels over disintegrated granite.

A Texas Ranger |William MacLeod Raine

All the others had net veined specimens, but they remembered that iris and flag and corn and bear-grass—yucca—all were parallel.

Ethel Morton's Enterprise |Mabell S.C. Smith

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bear grass

noun

Origin of bear grass

Words nearby bear grass

Example sentences from the Web for bear grass