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yuc·ca 
[yuhk-uh] Pronunciation Key
[yuhk-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico. |
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n. Any of various evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, native to the warmer regions of North America, having often tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers. [From New Latin Iucca, genus name, from Spanish yuca, cassava, from Taino.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
yucca
yucca
Central and S.Amer. name for the cassava plant, 1555, from Sp. yuca, juca (1497), probably from Taino, native language of Haiti.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| yucca | |
noun | |
| any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America |
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Yucca Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 87056) Location: 34.11124 N, 116.42855 W
Population (1990): 13701 (6422 housing units)
Area: 36.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92284
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Yucca
Yuc"ca\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Flicker, n., 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Yucca
Yuc"ca\, n. [NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.] (Bot.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. Note: The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca aloifolia, Y. Treculiana, and Y. baccata) are called Spanish bayonet, and one with softer leaves (Y. filamentosa) is called bear grass, and Adam's needle. Yucca moth (Zo["o]l.), a small silvery moth (Pronuba yuccasella) whose larv[ae] feed on plants of the genus Yucca.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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