bear grass
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.
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How to use bear grass in a sentence
Sisal hemp, which I found much like our yucca or "bear grass," is but little grown.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeThere are thousands of cream-white mountain lilies—bear-grass—with tall, slender blooms.
Your National Parks | Enos A. MillsThe 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. BechdoltThey also Cover their heads from the rain Sometimes with a common water cup or basket made of Cedar bark and bear grass.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark | Meriwether Lewis and William ClarkAt Louisville barely could boats be pulled in to the bear grass.
The Conquest | Eva Emery Dye
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