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Spanish dagger

Spanish dagger noun: any of several species of flowering plant in the genus Yucca, especially Yucca gloriosa.

Noun

Spanish dagger (plural Spanish daggers)

  1. Any of several species of flowering plant in the genus Yucca, especially Yucca gloriosa.
    • The Spanish dagger plants at the gate pricked his calves painfully and he stumbled forward.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN

Forms of Spanish dagger

pluralSpanish daggers

Questions about Spanish dagger

What does Spanish dagger mean?
Spanish dagger means any of several species of flowering plant in the genus Yucca, especially Yucca gloriosa.
What part of speech is Spanish dagger?
Spanish dagger is a noun.
What is the plural of Spanish dagger?
The plural of Spanish dagger is Spanish daggers.

Words near Spanish dagger in the dictionary

  1. Spanish coat
  2. Spanish coats
  3. Spanish cress
  4. Spanish cubit
  5. Spanish cubits
  6. Spanish dagger
  7. Spanish daggers
  8. Spanish dancer
  9. Spanish dancers
  10. Spanish dollar
  11. Spanish dollars

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