yucca
玉兰花,紫花苜蓿,玉兰,丝兰
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- : 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.
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Another time he found—and still has, Preston says—a pot that had been repaired with a little love and yucca fiber.
But the Obama administration put a hold on construction at Yucca Mountain in 2009.
There are other sites in America with long nuclear histories—places like Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, Yucca Mountain.
We talk about stabilizing waste and vitrification and Yucca Mountain—20-, and 30-, and 40-year timelines.
Related to Yucca, the group of four commissioners believed Jaczko was too close to the political process.
It is crowned, however, with a leaf like that of the palmetto; but the tufts of the dragon tree resemble the yucca in growth.
He headed them off again by hiding in the stalks of a large yucca.
The Yucca (Jatropha manihot) is one of the finest vegetables of Peru.
Sisal hemp, which I found much like our yucca or "bear grass," is but little grown.
Also, there were small adobe shacks with yucca stalk fences and drying ears of corn and red peppers in strings hanging over them.