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Meanings of yucca in English

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Usage of yucca in English
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We saw that it contained the yucca soap of the Northern Mexicans.
The Scalp Hunters
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Now he passed a blooming azalea or a yucca with clustering bellflowers.
A Man Four-Square
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They paused to rest in the sparse shadow of a yucca grove.
The passage
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Ned's glance wandered toward the second yucca, and suddenly his heart thumped.
The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
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A man was hacking away at the yucca plants with his machete.
Conquest of the Useless
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Today, the equipment at the yucca plant is silent and rusting.
The Guardian
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Start with fibrous material, such as husks from the yucca plant.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
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The stunted trees were lower than the giant bushes and yucca.
Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas
9
Small, sweeter than the alligator pear, the sweet red fruit of the yucca.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
10
They were a species of arborescent yucca, then unknown to botanists.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
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Gradually rising, we reached the desert, where only cactus, sagebrush, and yucca grew.
I Married a Ranger
12
The yucca flour would then be bought up by a new animal feed plant.
The Guardian
13
There are many kinds of yucca in the more elevated portions of the desert.
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
14
The yucca was in bloom, too, and added its mammoth flower to the display.
Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John
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He headed them off again by hiding in the stalks of a large yucca.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
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The wood of the yucca tree has a commercial value.
Arizona Sketches
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