yucca

/ˈjʌkə/
/ˈjukə/
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Other forms: yuccas

Definitions of yucca
  1. 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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    Spanish bayonet, Yucca aloifolia
    a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers
    Spanish bayonet, Yucca baccata
    tall yucca of the southwestern United States and Mexico having a woody stem and stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers
    Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia
    a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers
    Spanish dagger, Yucca carnerosana
    arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers
    Yucca elata, soap tree, soap-weed, soapweed
    tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States
    Adam's needle, Adam's needle-and-thread, Yucca filamentosa, needle palm, spoonleaf yucca
    yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
    Yucca glauca, bear grass
    yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
    Spanish dagger, Yucca gloriosa
    yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves
    Yucca smalliana, bear grass
    yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
    Our Lord's candle, Yucca whipplei
    yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers
    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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/ˈjʌkə/
UK
/ˈjukə/
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