Nolina

noun

perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico

• Syn: ↑genus Nolina

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Agavaceae, ↑family Agavaceae, ↑agave family, ↑sisal family

• Member Meronyms: ↑bear grass, ↑Nolina microcarpa

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\\nōˈlīnə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, after P. C. Nolin 18th century French botanist and cleric

1. capitalized : a genus of perennial plants (family Liliaceae) of the southern United States and Mexico that resemble yuccas and have a thick woody trunk often much dilated at its base and narrow rigid finely serrate leaves which have been used as a source of a hard cordage fiber

2. -s : any plant of the genus Nolina : bear grass