herbe à soie

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁb a swa/

Noun

herbe à soie f (plural herbes à soie)

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. (spelled herbe-à-soie)