Joshua tree
Noun

Joshua tree (plural Joshua trees)

  1. (botany) A yucca, Yucca brevifolia, of the southwestern United States, with spiky leaves.
    • 1995, Raymond L. Franson, Health of Plants Salvaged for Revegetation at the Mojave Desert Gold Mine: Year Two, Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (editors), Proceedings: Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium, page 78 ↗,
      Joshua trees that were salvaged by hand showed only 4% mortality in the nursery each of the first two years.
    • 2009, T. Scott Bryan, Betty Tucker-Bryan, The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, unnumbered page ↗,
      It is possible that all Death Valley Joshua trees are the variety Yucca brevifolia jaegeriana.
Translations
  • French: arbre de Jésus
  • German: Joshua Tree, Josuabaum
  • Russian: де́рево Иису́са
  • Spanish: árbol de Josué



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