熊草

Yucca \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}, {Yucca Treculiana}, and {Yucca baccata})
are called {Spanish bayonet}, and one with softer
leaves ({Yucca filamentosa}) is called {bear grass},
and {Adam's needle}.

{Yucca moth} (Zo["o]l.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larv[ae] feed on plants of the genus
{Yucca}.