yucca

/ˈjʌkə/

/ˈjukə/

Other forms: yuccas

Definitions of yucca

1. noun

   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
   types:

   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 baccata

   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

   Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia

   a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers

   Spanish dagger, Yucca carnerosana

   arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers

   Yucca elata, soap tree, soap-weed, soapweed

   tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States

   Adam's needle, Adam's needle-and-thread, Yucca filamentosa, needle palm, spoonleaf yucca

   yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages

   Yucca glauca, bear grass

   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

   Spanish dagger, Yucca gloriosa

   yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves

   Yucca smalliana, bear grass

   yucca 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 whipplei

   yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems