Yucca

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Flicker}, n., 2.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  yucca
       n : 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