Meanings
plural Spanish daggers
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounyucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves
nounarborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Spanish dagger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spanish%20dagger
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