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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

• NEEDLE PALM (noun)

Sense 1

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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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