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Definition of yucca

Yucca
Yucca Yuc"ca, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Flicker, n., 2.
yucca
Flicker Flick"er, n. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. --Thoureau.

Meaning of yucca from wikipedia

- Yucca is a genus of plants which are also called yucca as a common name in English. The genus is made up of 50 species native to North America from Panama...
- The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, as designated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act amendments of 1987, is a proposed deep geological repository...
- up Yucca or yucca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yucca is a genus in the plant family Asparagaceae containing species commonly known as yuccas. Yucca...
- Yucca brevifolia (also known as the Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca) is a plant species belonging to the genus Yucca. It is tree-like...
- Yucca gigantea (syn. Yucca elephantipes) is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family, native to Mexico and Central America. Growing up to 8–12 m...
- Yucca Mountain is a mountain in Nevada, near its border with California, approximately 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Las Vegas. Located in the Great...
- Yucca Valley is an incorporated town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The po****tion was 21,738 as of the 2020 census. Yucca Valley...
- Yucca baccata (datil yucca or banana yucca, also known as Spanish bayonet and broadleaf yucca) is a common species of yucca native to the deserts of the...
- Yucca rostrata also called beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the genus Yucca. The species is native to Texas, and the Chihuahua and Coa****la...
- Yucca schidigera, also known as the Mojave yucca or Spanish dagger, is a perennial plant in the asaparagus family native to the southwestern United States...