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Adam’s needle

Ad·am's nee·dle (plural Ad·am's nee·dles)


noun 
Definition:
 
N American yucca: a yucca with spiny pointed leaves. Flowers: white, in spikes. Native to: North America.  Latin name Yucca filamentosa.

[In allusion to Adam and Eve sewing fig leaves together to cover themselves (Genesis 3:7)]
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