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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. [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. (Zool.) See {Flicker}, n., 2. [1913 Webster] 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. [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] 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
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