slovodefinícia
yucca
(encz)
yucca,juka n: [bio.] liliovitá tropická a subtropická rostlina, jejichž
listových vláken se používá k výrobě lan a rohoží PetrV
yucca
(gcide)
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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Yucca
(gcide)
Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. (Zool.)
See Flicker, n., 2.
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Yucca
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
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yucca
(wn)
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
podobné slovodefinícia
spoonleaf yucca
(encz)
spoonleaf yucca, n:
yucca
(encz)
yucca,juka n: [bio.] liliovitá tropická a subtropická rostlina, jejichž
listových vláken se používá k výrobě lan a rohoží PetrV
Eryngium yuccaefolium
(gcide)
Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus
horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and
East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
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Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona
miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United
States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on
its head.

Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.

Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.

Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.

Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes
alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's
foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.

Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).

Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
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Megathymus yuccae
(gcide)
Yucca borer \Yuc"ca bor`er\
(a) A California boring weevil (Yuccaborus frontalis).
(b) A large mothlike butterfly (Megathymus yuccae) of the
family Megatimidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Pronuba yuccasella
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
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yucca
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus);
-- so called from its spring note. Called also
yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and
yucca.
[1913 Webster]

The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
--Thoureau.
[1913 Webster]Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. (Zool.)
See Flicker, n., 2.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
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Yucca aloifolia
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
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Yucca alorifolia
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
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Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Yucca baccata
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
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Yucca borer
(gcide)
Yucca borer \Yuc"ca bor`er\
(a) A California boring weevil (Yuccaborus frontalis).
(b) A large mothlike butterfly (Megathymus yuccae) of the
family Megatimidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Yucca filamentosa
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
[1913 Webster]
Yucca moth
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
[1913 Webster]
Yucca Treculiana
(gcide)
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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
[1913 Webster]
Yuccaborus frontalis
(gcide)
Yucca borer \Yuc"ca bor`er\
(a) A California boring weevil (Yuccaborus frontalis).
(b) A large mothlike butterfly (Megathymus yuccae) of the
family Megatimidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
genus yucca
(wn)
genus Yucca
n 1: tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and
spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of
Amaryllidaceae
spoonleaf yucca
(wn)
spoonleaf yucca
n 1: yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
[syn: Adam's needle, Adam's needle-and-thread,
spoonleaf yucca, needle palm, Yucca filamentosa]
yucca
(wn)
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
yucca aloifolia
(wn)
Yucca aloifolia
n 1: 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 [syn: {Spanish
bayonet}, Yucca aloifolia]
yucca baccata
(wn)
Yucca baccata
n 1: 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 [syn: Spanish bayonet,
Yucca baccata]
yucca brevifolia
(wn)
Yucca brevifolia
n 1: a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United
States having short leaves and clustered greenish white
flowers [syn: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia]
yucca carnerosana
(wn)
Yucca carnerosana
n 1: arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and
northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers
[syn: Spanish dagger, Yucca carnerosana]
yucca elata
(wn)
Yucca elata
n 1: tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States [syn:
soapweed, soap-weed, soap tree, Yucca elata]
yucca filamentosa
(wn)
Yucca filamentosa
n 1: yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
[syn: Adam's needle, Adam's needle-and-thread,
spoonleaf yucca, needle palm, Yucca filamentosa]
yucca glauca
(wn)
Yucca glauca
n 1: 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 [syn: bear grass, {Yucca
glauca}]
yucca gloriosa
(wn)
Yucca gloriosa
n 1: yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish
bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves [syn:
Spanish dagger, Yucca gloriosa]
yucca smalliana
(wn)
Yucca smalliana
n 1: yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal
grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme
of small whitish flowers [syn: bear grass, {Yucca
smalliana}]
yucca whipplei
(wn)
Yucca whipplei
n 1: yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall
spike of creamy white flowers [syn: Our Lord's candle,
Yucca whipplei]

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