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Joshua(dictionary)
Joshua(encyclopedia)
Slocum, Joshua(encyclopedia)
Reynolds, Sir Joshua(encyclopedia)
Reynolds, Sir Joshua(dictionary)
Lederberg, Joshua(encyclopedia)
Joshua (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Sondheim, Stephen (Joshua)(encyclopedia)
Heschel, Abraham Joshua(encyclopedia)

Joshua (iou)



Joshua noun. US. M19.
[Prob. from Joshua, leader of the ancient Israelites, whose story forms a book in the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures, with allus. to the branching shape of the tree resembling that of Joshua brandishing a spear: see Joshua 8:18.]
More fully Joshua palm, Joshua tree, Joshua yucca. A small evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, of the agave family, bearing clustered white flowers and found in western desert regions.