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
English language
Toggle Transcript
yucca::noun | Spocien Dictionary
Examples of yucca
yucca
There was nothing to recommend the sandwich's platemate of fried yucca, however.
From the washingtonpost.com
No matter the project, Ford likes to work in his signature, the soft leaf yucca.
From the dallasnews.com
In most cases yucca leaves are skinny and leathery like a sturdy blade of grass.
From the ocregister.com
The yucca elephantipes has a squat, attractive cousin called yucca filamentosa.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The backyard featured a discarded black Naugahyde couch and some yucca plants.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Your best plan now, if you decide to leave the yucca where it is, is patience.
From the chron.com
It differs from the similarly-spelled yucca, an unrelated fruit-bearing plant.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Instead of camellias and boxwoods, the yard was filled with yucca and cactus.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Yucca may be eaten boiled and buttered or in casseroles with other root vegetables.
From the al.com
- 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
- Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the agave family, Agavaceae. Its 40-50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers. ...
- Root vegetable similar in length and shape to a turnip, with scaly yamlike skin. Universally made into flour for breads and cakes, and used as a base for tapioca.
- Also known as manioc or cassava, this white, starchy tropical vegetable was originally grown by the indigenous peoples of Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.
- (Yucca sp.)-several plants that are members of the lily family. The plants grow throughout the Southwest at elevations of 1500 to 6000 feet. Plants are characterized by a clump of thin, pointed leaves at the base and a single flowering stalk. White flowers appear on the stalks each spring. ...
- Yucca Aloifolia. Y. Brevifolia. Y. Glauca. Y. Whipplei. There are about forty species of Yucca that grow in the warmer parts of North America and few are present in colder climates. ...
- All the spiritual as well as material comforts of life are promised in a dream featuring this desert plant in bloom.
- Plant found in warm areas in North and Central America; it has long, stiff, green leaves at the bottom and white, bell-shaped flowers at the top
- Plant extract with antioxidant properties, also helps to reduce faecal and body odour.
