genus Yucca

genus Yucca
noun
tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Agavaceae, ↑family Agavaceae, ↑agave family, ↑sisal family
Member Meronyms: ↑yucca

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yucca aloifolia — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yucca baccata — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yucca filamentosa — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yucca moth — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yucca Treculiana — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yucca baccata — at Red Rock Canyon Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • Yucca schidigera — Mojave yucca Flowering plant, Palm Canyon, California Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • Yucca cernua — im Osten von Texas in lichtem Waldland Systematik Monokotyledonen Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Yucca glauca — Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

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