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   Yucca filamentosa
         n 1: yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
               [syn: {Adam's needle}, {Adam's needle-and-thread},
               {spoonleaf yucca}, {needle palm}, {Yucca filamentosa}]

English Dictionary: Yucca filamentosa by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yucca whipplei
n
  1. yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers
    Synonym(s): Our Lord's candle, Yucca whipplei
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yokefellow \Yoke"fel`low\, n. [Yoke + fellow.]
      An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow;
      especially, a partner in marriage. --Phil. iv. 3.
  
               The two languages [English and French] became
               yokefellows in a still more intimate manner. --Earle.
  
               Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing
               at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless
               for a companion and yokefellow.               --Addison.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Yucca Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 87056)
      Location: 34.11124 N, 116.42855 W
      Population (1990): 13701 (6422 housing units)
      Area: 36.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 92284

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Yoke-fellow
      (Phil. 4:3), one of the apostle's fellow-labourers. Some have
      conjectured that Epaphroditus is meant. Wyckliffe renders the
      phrase "the german felowe", i.e., "thee, germane [=genuine]
      comrade."
     
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