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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.
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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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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] |
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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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