aiguille d'Adam

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡij d‿a.dam/ ~ /e.ɡij d‿a.dam/

Noun

aiguille d’Adam f (plural aiguilles d’Adam)

1. (botany) Synonym of yucca filamenteux (“Adam's needle and thread”) (Yucca filamentosa)

Further reading

• Gérard Guillot (2015) Guide des fleurs du jardin, Paris: Belin, →ISBN, p. 155.