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GENUS YUCCA

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• GENUS YUCCA (noun)
The noun GENUS YUCCA has 1 sense:

1. tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae

Familiarity information: GENUS YUCCA used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS YUCCA (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Yucca" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "genus Yucca"):

yucca (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)

Holonyms ("genus Yucca" is a member of...):

Agavaceae; agave family; family Agavaceae; sisal family (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)

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