yucca
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1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | spanish bayonet, yucca aloifolia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | spanish bayonet, yucca baccata, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | joshua tree, yucca brevifolia, |
| definition | : | a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | spanish dagger, yucca carnerosana, |
| definition | : | arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bear grass, yucca glauca, |
| definition | : | yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | spanish dagger, yucca gloriosa, |
| definition | : | yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bear grass, yucca smalliana, |
| definition | : | yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | our lord's candle, yucca whipplei, |
| definition | : | yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus yucca, |
| definition | : | tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae (noun.plant) |
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