What is "adam's needle"

Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. [NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.] (Bot.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

Note: The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca aloifolia, Yucca Treculiana, and Yucca baccata) are called Spanish bayonet, and one with softer leaves ( Yucca filamentosa) is called bear grass, and Adam's needle.

Yucca moth (Zo["o]l.), a small silvery moth ( Pronuba yuccasella) whose larv[ae] feed on plants of the genus Yucca.

Adam \Ad"am\, n.

1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.

2. (As a symbol) ``Original sin;'' human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak. Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] Adam's apple.

   1. (Bot.)

      1. A species of banana ( Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more.
         --Paxton.

      2. A species of lime ( Citris limetta).

   2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent.

      Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein ( Verbascum thapsus).

      Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ( Yucca) of liliaceous plants.

n. A yucca plant.

Adam's needle is a common name for several plants in the genus Yucca and may refer to:

• Yucca filamentosa
• Yucca flaccida
• Yucca gloriosa