Noun bear grass has 4 senses
- bear grass, Yucca smalliana - yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
--1 is a kind of yucca
- bear grass, Yucca glauca - 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
--2 is a kind of yucca
- bear grass, Nolina microcarpa - stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
--3 is a kind of agave, century plant, American aloe
--3 is a member of Nolina, genus Nolina
- squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax - plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
--4 is a kind of liliaceous plant
--4 is a member of Xerophyllum, genus Xerophyllum
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