yacca, yacca podocarp, Podocarpus coriaceus
(noun) West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yacca (plural yaccas)
Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdicanus.
From a native Australian name.
yacca (plural yaccas)
Any of the various Australian perennial flowering plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea
• grasstree, grass tree
• blackboy
Source: Wiktionary
Yac"ca, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
