yucca
noun
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ˈjʌkə
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noun
Ellipsis of Yucca Mountain.
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- C1 · Advanced (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
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A stiff yucca with a short trunk.
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.
A large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers.
Arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers.
Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States.
Yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages.
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