Definition of: yucca

(yuk′ə) noun
1. Any of a large genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants of the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America, generally found in dry, sandy places, having a woody stem, usually very short, but sometimes arborescent, which bears a large panicle of white, bell-shaped, drooping flowers emerging from a crown of sword-shaped leaves.
2. The flower of this plant, the State flower of New Mexico. [<NL <Sp. yuca <Taino]
YUCCA
(Plant from 2 to 10 feet tall)