n. (Bot.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and Podocarpus Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) See Flicker, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖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 ]
☞ The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca aloifolia, Yucca Treculiana, and Yucca baccata) are called
Yucca moth (Zool.),
.
n. (Zool.) See Flicker, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖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 ]
☞ The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca aloifolia, Yucca Treculiana, and Yucca baccata) are called
Yucca moth (Zool.),
.