Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. [NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants
having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a
more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy
white blossoms.
Note: The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca
aloifolia, Y. Treculiana, and Y. baccata) are
called Spanish bayonet, and one with softer leaves
(Y. filamentosa) is called bear grass, and Adam's
needle.
Yucca moth (Zo["o]l.), a small silvery moth (Pronuba
yuccasella) whose larv[ae] feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Flicker \Flick"er\, n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden
and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of
the dying flame.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes
aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also
yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and
yucca.
The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
--Thoureau.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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