yacca
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WordNet 3.6
- n yacca West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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- n Yacca yăk"kȧ (Bot) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and Podocarpus Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- n yacca Either of two West Indian evergreens, Podocarpus Purdieana and P. coriacea, trees becoming respectively 100 feet and 50 feet high, and affording timber suitable for cabinet and plain purposes.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- n Yacca yak′a a kind of evergreen in the West Indies.
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