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1. (n.) yucca
any New World plant of the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having rigid sword-shaped leaves and white flowers borne in a dense terminal cluster.
Etymology: (1655–65; < NL, appar. < Sp; perh. orig. identical with yuca cassava)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) yucca
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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1. (noun) yucca
see Flicker, n., 2
2. (noun) yucca
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
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. yucca
A genus (and common name) in the AGAVACEAE family. It is known for SAPONINS in the root that are used in SOAPS.
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