yucca

n. any plant from the genus Yucca, type of plant that grows in warm dry climates

For the potato-like vegetable, see yuca. The yuccas comprise the genus Yucca of 40-50 species of perennials, shrubs, and trees in the agave family Agavaceae, notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal clusters of white or whitish flowers. They are native to the hot and dry parts of North America, Central America, and the West Indies.
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Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) Spanish bayonet, Yucca aloifolia
(member-holonym) genus Yucca

n. yucca, any plant from the genus Yucca, type of plant that grows in warm dry climates

n. (Botany) yucca, any plant from the genus Yucca, type of plant that grows in warm dry climates