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Definition of Joshua tree in English: Joshua treenounˈdʒɒʃjʊə A yucca which grows as a tree and has clusters of spiky leaves, native to arid regions of south-western North America. 短叶丝兰 Yucca brevifolia, family Agavaceae Example sentencesExamples - Its vascular structure and secondary growth are not unlike those found in the Joshua tree.
- One day my friend Rufus, his son, and I were about 1 1/2 miles up the Boy Scout Trail, surrounded by 25-foot-tall Joshua trees - tall candelabra cactus with spiny caps atop grossly contorted branches.
- Those of Y. brevifolia, the Joshua tree yucca, are best if parboiled first, to remove bitterness.
- Add to this the abundance of dangerous flora and fauna - cacti, yucca plants, Joshua trees, rattlesnakes, scorpions, and spiders - and the propensity for injury when training on ground combat skills increases dramatically.
- It searches among the yucca cactuses and Joshua trees for a lonely radar station atop a mountain peak.
OriginMid 19th century: apparently from Joshua (Josh. 8:18), the plant being likened to a man brandishing a spear. Definition of Joshua tree in US English: Joshua treenoun A yucca which grows as a tree and has clusters of spiky leaves, native to arid regions of southwestern North America. 短叶丝兰 Yucca brevifolia, family Agavaceae Example sentencesExamples - Add to this the abundance of dangerous flora and fauna - cacti, yucca plants, Joshua trees, rattlesnakes, scorpions, and spiders - and the propensity for injury when training on ground combat skills increases dramatically.
- Its vascular structure and secondary growth are not unlike those found in the Joshua tree.
- It searches among the yucca cactuses and Joshua trees for a lonely radar station atop a mountain peak.
- One day my friend Rufus, his son, and I were about 1 1/2 miles up the Boy Scout Trail, surrounded by 25-foot-tall Joshua trees - tall candelabra cactus with spiny caps atop grossly contorted branches.
- Those of Y. brevifolia, the Joshua tree yucca, are best if parboiled first, to remove bitterness.
OriginMid 19th century: apparently from Joshua (Josh. 8:18), the plant being likened to a man brandishing a spear. |