Meaning of "Adam's-needle" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ADAM'S-NEEDLE

Adam's-needle

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADAM'S-NEEDLE

Adam's-Needle is a noun.

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WHAT DOES ADAM'S-NEEDLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Yucca

Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Its 40-50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers. They are native to the hot and dry parts of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Early reports of the species were confused with the cassava. Consequently, Linnaeus mistakenly derived the generic name from the Taíno word for the latter, yuca. It is also colloquially known in the lower Midwest United States as "ghosts in the graveyard", as it is commonly found growing in rural graveyards and when in bloom the cluster of flowers on a thin stalk appear as floating apparitions.

TRANSLATION OF ADAM'S-NEEDLE

Find out the translation of Adam's-needle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Adam's-needle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Adam's-needle» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: Adam´s针
• Translator English - Spanish: ADAM - aguja
• English: Adam´s-needle
• Translator English - Hindi: Adam´s सुई
• Translator English - Arabic: Adam´s إبرة
• Translator English - Russian: Adam´s - игла
• Translator English - Portuguese: De Adam - agulha
• Translator English - Bengali: Adam´s-সুই
• Translator English - French: Adam´s - aiguille
• Translator English - Malay: Adam´s-jarum
• Translator English - German: Adams - Nadel
• Translator English - Japanese: Adam´s針
• Translator English - Korean: Adam´s 바늘
• Translator English - Javanese: Adam-jarum
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Adam´s kim
• Translator English - Tamil: Adam´s-ஊசி
• Translator English - Marathi: आदामाच्या सुई
• Translator English - Turkish: Adam´s iğneli
• Translator English - Italian: Adam´s - ago
• Translator English - Polish: Adam´s - igła
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Adam´s - голка
• Translator English - Romanian: Adam´s - ac
• Translator English - Greek: Adam´s - βελόνα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Adam´s - naald
• Translator English - Swedish: Adam´s - nål
• Translator English - Norwegian: Adam´s - nål

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADAM'S-NEEDLE»

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Perennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for ...

You can also grow Adam's-needle from seed. THE RIGHT SITE FOR ADAM'S- NEEDLE Adam's-needle's explosion of swordlike leaves offers a fine contrast to all the broad leaves in the typical perennial garden. Its gray-green foliage goes well ...

Jeff Cox, 2002

Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum

2521 The Yucca, or Adam's Needle. 1. gloriosa Z.» Virginia, &c.f.2390. 2521 The glorious Yucca, or Adam's Needle, y./aiiiiA'to Bauh. Y. canadena Aid. Hort. Y. indica, tfe., Barr. Rar. Yucca perndna Ger., &c. Y. nova gloriosa, S[C, hob, Cordytine ...

John Claudius Loudon, 1854

Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and ...

2521 The Yucca, or Adam's Needle. I ?lori6saL. * Virginia, &c. f.2390.2521 Th« glorious Yucca, or Adam's Needle. Y. /diii* A'/of* Bauh. Y. canadena Aid. Hort. Y. indica, <%c, Barr. Rar. ...Vj Yucca perndna Ger., &c. Y. ndva gloridsa, 8fC.t Lob.

John Claudius Loudon, 1838

Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas: A Beachcomber's ...

Flower stalk (inset) Saw palmetto Cabbage palms take a beating from salt spray Adam's Needle, Spanish Bayonet, and Mound-lily Yucca Spanish Bayonet Adam's Needle and Mound-lily Yucca RELATIVES: These plants are allied with other ...

Blair Witherington, Dawn Witherington, 2011

Flowering Shrubs and Small Trees for the South

Say:YUK-uh fil-uh-men-TOH-suh Salt tolerance: High Size: 3–15 ft. tall/3–4 ft. wide Origin: Southeastern United States Hardiness: USDA Zones 4–9 Adam's needle has evergreen, swordlike leaves about one inch wide that taper to a sharp ...

Marie Harrison, 2009

A Catalogue of Forest Trees, Fruit Trees, Evergreen and ...

Filiforme White-flowered Xeranthemum Argenteum Silvery Xeranthemum Retortum Reflex-leaved Xe- ' ranthemum Sesamoides Purple-flowered Xeranthemum Gloriosa Adam's Needle Draconis Narrow-leaved Adam's Needle Recurvifolia ...

W. A. Mackie, J. Mackie, 1812

The International Exhibition of 1862

By process originally patented in this country by Exhibitor. d- ADAM'S NEEDLE ( Yucca gloriosa). This plant, although not yet cultivated for economic purposes, produces fibre of very considerable value when" properly prepared. 3058. [4.84.1 ] ...

Anonymous, Cambridge University Press, 2014

Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum

YifccA L. - 1101 The Adam's Needle. 1. gloriosa L. - 1101 Y, canadena Aid. Hort. Par. ; Y. indica, $c, Barr. Rar. ; Y. peruana Ger. Emac. ; Y. nova gloriosa, Ac, Lob. Adv. : the superb Yucca : Yucca nam, Yucca a Feuillcs entieres, Fr. ; prdchtiger ...

John Claudius Loudon, 1842

Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in ...

YUCCA. Gen. pi. 580. Cor. canppanulato-patens. Slylus nullus. Caps. 3-locularis. 1. Y. foliis integerrimis. Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 183. gloriosa. Botan. magaz. 1260. Superb Adam's Needle. Nat. of America. Cult. before 1596, by Mr. John Gerard.

William Townsend Aiton, 1811

The Wild Garden; Or, Our Groves & Shrubberies Made Beautiful ...

THE LILY FAMILY. Thready Adam's Needle. Yucca filamentosa. North America. Evergreen herb; 2 to 3 feet; white and green ; summer or autumn ; suckers. — Margins of shrubberies, on banks or rough rockwork, near cascades, &c. ; and also, ...

William Robinson, 1870

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADAM'S-NEEDLE»

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Fewer and fewer plants are truly deer-resistent

Adam's-needle yucca (Yucca filamentosa) would be the best one for the D.C. region. It grows in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 to 9 and is native to ... «Washington Post, Feb 11»

Make Yucca Soap and Yucca Shampoo

The various species of yucca — some of which are known today as Spanish bayonet, Adam's-needle, soapweed, datil, whipple or dagger plant ... «Mother Earth News, Feb 08»