Definition of Spanish dagger

1. Noun. Yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves.

Exact synonyms: Yucca Gloriosa
Generic synonyms: Yucca

2. Noun. Arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers.
Exact synonyms: Yucca Carnerosana
Generic synonyms: Yucca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Dagger

Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sign Language
Spanish Town
Spanish Virgin Islands
Spanish War
Spanish Water Dog
Spanish Water Dogs
Spanish bayonet
Spanish broom
Spanish burgoo
Spanish capital
Spanish cedar
Spanish cedar tree
Spanish chestnut
Spanish chestnuts
Spanish dagger (current term)
Spanish donkey
Spanish donkeys
Spanish elm
Spanish fever
Spanish flu
Spanish fly
Spanish garlic
Spanish gorse
Spanish green
Spanish grunt
Spanish guitar
Spanish ham
Spanish heath
Spanish influenza

Literary usage of Spanish dagger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... several cultivated species of yucca. The fiber of this plant is known as dagger-fiber. Also called Spanish dagger. ..."

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