yucca moth — any of several white moths of the genus Tegeticula that pollinate the yucca plant, the larvae of which develop in the ovary of the plant, consuming some of the seeds. [1890 95] * * * ▪ insect (genus Tegeticula), any of four species of insects of … Universalium
yucca moth — noun : any of several silvery tineoid moths (genus Tegeticula) the females of which carry pollen that fertilizes the flowers of the yucca causing the growth of a seed pod in which the larvae feed … Useful english dictionary
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yucca aloifolia — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yucca baccata — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yucca filamentosa — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yucca Treculiana — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yucca filifera — Yucca filifera … Wikipédia en Français
Yucca guatemalensis — Taxobox name = Yucca guatemalensis image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Agavaceae genus = Yucca species = Y. guatemalensis binomial = Yucca guatemalensis… … Wikipedia
yucca fertilizer — noun or yucca pollenizer : yucca moth … Useful english dictionary