Desert shrub (5)

I believe the answer is:

yucca

(Other definitions for yucca that I've seen before include "Grower" , "Evergreen N American shrub" , "exotic plant" , "E.g. Spanish bayonet" , "The Joshua Tree'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal and the Canadiana.

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