yucca

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

yucca
    n 1: 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker ({Colaptes aurutus});
      -- so called from its spring note. Called also
      {yellow-hammer}, {high-holder}, {pigeon woodpecker}, and
      {yucca}.
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            The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
                                                  --Thoureau.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. (Zool.)
   See {Flicker}, n., 2.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   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}.
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   {Yucca moth} (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
      yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
      {Yucca}.
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