English Dictionary: Yves Tanguy | by the DICT Development Group |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Yucca \[d8]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[94]l.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba yuccasella}) whose larv[91] feed on plants of the genus Yucca. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ypight \Y*pight"\, obs. p. p. of {Pitch}. See {Pight}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Yuba City, CA (city, FIPS 86972) Location: 39.13547 N, 121.62274 W Population (1990): 27437 (11068 housing units) Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95991, 95993 |