Hypernyms for "yucca"
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Adam''s needle
Adam''s needle-and-thread
bear grass
Joshua tree
needle palm
Our Lord''s candle
soap tree
soapweed
soap-weed
Spanish bayonet
Spanish dagger
spoonleaf yucca
Yucca aloifolia
Yucca baccata
Yucca brevifolia
Yucca carnerosana
Yucca elata
Yucca filamentosa
Yucca glauca
Yucca gloriosa
Yucca smalliana
Yucca whipplei
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.