JOSHUA TREE


Meaning of JOSHUA TREE in English

■ noun a tall branching yucca of SW North America, with clusters of spiky leaves. [ Yucca brevifolia .]

Origin

C19: appar. from Joshua (Josh. 8:18), the plant being likened to a man with a spear.

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