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单词 yucca
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Definition of yucca in English:

yucca

noun ˈjʌkəˈjəkə
  • A plant of the agave family with swordlike leaves and spikes of white bell-shaped flowers that are dependent upon the yucca moth for fertilization, native to warm regions of the US and Mexico.

    丝兰。亦称ADAM'S NEEDLE

    Genus Yucca, family Agavaceae: many species, including the Spanish bayonet

    Also called Adam's needle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another indestructible plant that grows directly in the sand is the yucca.
    • At each curve, my father's old Plymouth's headlight beams swept the dark yuccas and bougainvillea.
    • This particular location is unique because you catch both redwoods and yuccas in one view.
    • Yesterday someone in the IT dept brought me up a yucca plant to look after.
    • It searches among the yucca cactuses and Joshua trees for a lonely radar station atop a mountain peak.
    • Snow weighs heavily along the branches of ponderosa pines and buries a yucca to the tips of its spears.
    • There's a complete chain of command to determine where the office yucca plant should go.
    • We are not certain what is going on in New Mexico, whose state bird is the road runner and whose state flower is the yucca.
    • This incredibly beautiful desert wouldn't be complete without its gardens of cactus, black brush, yucca, monkey flower, Easter flowers and ferns.
    • The often steep and rugged lower slopes of the mountains are dominated by cacti, agaves, yuccas, and thorn-bearing shrubs.
    • If you want something striking, go for a plant with architectural interest such as yucca or phormium.
    • The minute you convert your entire yard to yucca and yarrow, you're sure to be visited by the one deer in America that prefers these plants.
    • Blue rescue retains its color all winter, as do yuccas ' sword-like leaves.
    • Some nutritious vegetables enjoyed by Panamanians are plantain, yellow yam, yucca, and bread fruit.
    • It remains to be shown quantitatively that selective fruit abortion in yuccas can increase plant fitness.
    • A six-foot yucca plant, still in the pot, had its leaves burned into stumps.
    • Yucca's white bell-shape flowers last only briefly.
    • They helped raise the young, gather food such as yuccas and other plants and even hunted smaller animals such as rodents and turtles.
    • I've got a big orchid plant which is lovely, a yucca and some peace lilies because they are so easy to look after.
    • Grow thorny plants like agave, barberry, cactus, Natal plum, and yucca under rear windows.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting cassava): from Carib.

Rhymes

chukka (US chukker), ducker, felucca, mucker, plucker, pucker, pukka, shucker, succour (US succor), sucker, trucker, tucker

Definition of yucca in US English:

yucca

nounˈyəkəˈjəkə
  • A plant of the agave family with stiff swordlike leaves and spikes of white bell-shaped flowers that are dependent upon the yucca moth for fertilization, found especially in warm regions of North America and Mexico.

    丝兰。亦称ADAM'S NEEDLE

    Genus Yucca, family Agavaceae: many species, including Spanish bayonet and Adam's needle

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They helped raise the young, gather food such as yuccas and other plants and even hunted smaller animals such as rodents and turtles.
    • Yesterday someone in the IT dept brought me up a yucca plant to look after.
    • We are not certain what is going on in New Mexico, whose state bird is the road runner and whose state flower is the yucca.
    • At each curve, my father's old Plymouth's headlight beams swept the dark yuccas and bougainvillea.
    • It searches among the yucca cactuses and Joshua trees for a lonely radar station atop a mountain peak.
    • There's a complete chain of command to determine where the office yucca plant should go.
    • Some nutritious vegetables enjoyed by Panamanians are plantain, yellow yam, yucca, and bread fruit.
    • Yucca's white bell-shape flowers last only briefly.
    • Snow weighs heavily along the branches of ponderosa pines and buries a yucca to the tips of its spears.
    • The often steep and rugged lower slopes of the mountains are dominated by cacti, agaves, yuccas, and thorn-bearing shrubs.
    • Grow thorny plants like agave, barberry, cactus, Natal plum, and yucca under rear windows.
    • A six-foot yucca plant, still in the pot, had its leaves burned into stumps.
    • Blue rescue retains its color all winter, as do yuccas ' sword-like leaves.
    • This incredibly beautiful desert wouldn't be complete without its gardens of cactus, black brush, yucca, monkey flower, Easter flowers and ferns.
    • It remains to be shown quantitatively that selective fruit abortion in yuccas can increase plant fitness.
    • The minute you convert your entire yard to yucca and yarrow, you're sure to be visited by the one deer in America that prefers these plants.
    • This particular location is unique because you catch both redwoods and yuccas in one view.
    • If you want something striking, go for a plant with architectural interest such as yucca or phormium.
    • I've got a big orchid plant which is lovely, a yucca and some peace lilies because they are so easy to look after.
    • Another indestructible plant that grows directly in the sand is the yucca.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting cassava): from Carib.

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