| This family of evergreen plants bears swordlike leaves in shades of green, coppery red, and yellow, plus variegations. |
| Whole prime ribs, rib-eye and sirloin roasts, pork loins and even legs of lamb are cooked rotisserie style on swordlike spits. |
| The tallest, with a swordlike nose, is handing an eyeball to the roundest, while the smallest, with green hair, skulks behind her. |
| One of Mehanata's house specialties is the shashlutsi, a pair of swordlike, crisscrossed metal skewers stabbing considerable chunks of smoky pork and chicken. |
| At nightfall, I see them darken and linger, sip seven or 10 times in a row, hovering backward after each sip to lift swordlike beaks, slowly swallow the liqueur, then belly up to the feeder again for their last nightcaps. |
| Yucca: American white-flowered shrub with flat, swordlike leaves. |
