Definitions for Yucca

Yucca yuc·ca

Spelling: [yuhk-uh]
IPA: /ˈyʌk ə/

Yucca is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Yucca (accuy).

Definitions for Yucca

noun

  1. any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico.

Origin of Yucca

1655-65; New Latin, apparently Spanish; perhaps orig. identical with yuca yuca

Examples for Yucca

The soles of their moccasins were made of hay and the uppers of yucca fibers.

The roots of the yucca, or manioc plant, grow in bunches like potatoes.

But the Obama administration put a hold on construction at yucca Mountain in 2009.

Linda gave her a few words of instruction concerning the yucca.

We talk about stabilizing waste and vitrification and yucca Mountain—20-, and 30-, and 40-year timelines.

No. 31562, which was obtained in a yucca and acacia association, had little fat.

Related to yucca, the group of four commissioners believed Jaczko was too close to the political process.

There are other sites in America with long nuclear histories—places like Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, yucca Mountain.

Another time he found—and still has, Preston says—a pot that had been repaired with a little love and yucca fiber.

I thought, too, I could distinguish the form of the yucca plant.

Word Value for Yucca
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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