1. plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers; [syn: squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Xerophyllum tenax
n 1: plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and
tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy
white flowers [syn: squaw grass, bear grass,
Xerophyllum tenax]