'Yucca' definitions:
Definition of 'yucca'
(from WordNet)
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
Definition of 'Yucca'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The species with more rigid leaves (as {Yucca aloifolia}, Yucca Treculiana, and Yucca baccata) are called Spanish bayonet, and one with softer leaves (Yucca filamentosa) is called bear grass, and Adam's needle. [1913 Webster]
- Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus Yucca. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'yucca'
From: GCIDE
- Flicker \Flick"er\, n.
- 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. [1913 Webster]
- The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. --Thoureau. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Yucca'
- Megathymus yuccae,
- Yucca Treculiana,
- Yucca Valley,
- Yucca aloifolia,
- Yucca alorifolia,
- Yucca baccata,
- Yucca borer,
- Yucca filamentosa,
- Yucca moth,
- genus yucca,
- spoonleaf yucca,
- yucca brevifolia,
- yucca carnerosana,
- yucca elata,
- yucca glauca,
- yucca gloriosa,
- yucca smalliana,
- yucca whipplei,
- Yucca Valley, CA