Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of several cultivated species of yucca. The fiber of this plant is known as dagger-fiber. Also called
Spanish dagger . Seeyucca .
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A Spanish dagger-plant, with its waxen blossoms in a creamy aggregation as large as a water-bucket, contributed floral beauty and variety.
Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886
bilby commented on the word dagger-plant
Maybe don't gift one to Macbeth, just saying.
February 5, 2024