Any plant of the liliaceous genus Yucca, native of the warmer parts of North America, and extensively cultivated for ornament, characterized by a…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > yuccas (10) yucca1664 Any plant of the liliaceous genus Yucca, native of the warmer parts of North America, and extensively cultivated for ornament, characterized by a… Adam's Needle1730 Any of several yucca plants with narrow sharp-pointed leaves, esp. (in early use) Yucca gloriosa, and (now more usually) Y. filamentosa, both… bear grass1750 any of several flowering plants which have long coarse grasslike leaves; esp. common yucca, Yucca filamentosa, and squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax… Spanish Bayonet1823 Spanish Bayonet: A species of Yucca, a liliaceous plant, with a crown of linear-lanceolate leaves, found in the south of North America. Also bayonet… yucca-tree1828 = yucca-palm n. Spanish dagger1859 (see quot. 1866); also more generally, one of several species of Yucca, esp. Y. gloriosa. dagger-plant1866 a plant of the genus Yucca, also called Adam's needle, having sharp-edged and pointed leaves. dasylirion1880 A plant of the liliaceous genus of this name, indigenous to Mexico and the south-western U.S., having white bell-shaped flowers, cultivated as a… sotol1881 A plant of dry regions belonging to the genus Dasylirion of the family Agavaceæ, native to south-western North America and bearing linear leaves and… soap-weed1884 †(a) the soapwort, Saponaria officinalis; (b) a North American plant (see quots. 1884 1890). |
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