| bear grass | (n) yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers, Syn. Yucca smalliana |
| bear grass | (n) 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, Syn. Yucca glauca |
| bear grass | (n) stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico, Syn. Nolina microcarpa |
| squaw grass | (n) plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers, Syn. Xerophyllum tenax, bear grass |
