noun
Meaning 1
The flowering plant Yucca filamentosa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
silkgrass
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noun
Meaning 2
valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mountain rice, silk grass, Indian millet, Oryzopsis hymenoides
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ricegrass, rice grass
History
Etymology
From silk + grass.