Meaning of Joshua tree | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tree-like yucca, Yucca brevifolia, of the southwestern United States, with spiky leaves.
2. A census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

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Examples

“Joshua trees that were salvaged by hand showed only 4% mortality in the nursery each of the first two years.”

“While the Joshua tree ranges into the Great Basin and Sonoran Deserts. it has become synonymous with the Mojave. There are two different subspecies of Joshua trees: the larger Yucca brevifolia brevifolla, which grows at Joshua Tree National Park, and the more densely branched Yucca brevifolia jaegeriana, found in the park and other areas of the eastern Mojave.”

“It is possible that all Death Valley Joshua trees are the variety Yucca brevifolia jaegeriana.”

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