单词 | yucca |
释义 | yucca (once / 10884 pages) n WORD FAMILY yucca: yuccas USAGE EXAMPLESAnalysts say Mr. Reid’s staunch political opposition to the proposal partly led to the Obama administration to pull the plug on Yucca Mountain in 2011. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Ellis, based in Yucca Valley, taps into both the wild energy of nature and its mathematical order. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) Some still want Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste storage. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) 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 Hypo|Hyper Spanish bayonet, Yucca aloifolia 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 Spanish bayonet, Yucca baccatatall yucca of the southwestern United States and Mexico having a woody stem and stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers Joshua tree, Yucca brevifoliaa large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers Spanish dagger, Yucca carnerosanaarborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers Yucca elata, soap tree, soap-weed, soapweedtall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States Adam's needle, Adam's needle-and-thread, Yucca filamentosa, needle palm, spoonleaf yuccayucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages Yucca glauca, bear grassyucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers Spanish dagger, Yucca gloriosayucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves Yucca smalliana, bear grassyucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers Our Lord's candle, Yucca whippleiyucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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