Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Bear grass has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers