How to Use yucca in a Sentence

yucca

noun
  • There are sages, agaves and aloes, along with marrow, buckwheat and yucca.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • This was the curious case of the Joshua tree and the yucca moth.
    — Sam Schipani, Smithsonian, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The voices are just a low hum, like the bees in false yucca or poppy mallow.
    — Karl Kirchwey, The New York Review of Books, 13 Nov. 2025
  • There is still lechón, rice, black beans and yucca but the portions are much more manageable.
    — Jessica Perez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The trail, lined with yucca, mountain lilac and lemonade berry, is well maintained.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • The yucca has been shown to combat dandruff as well as improve joint comfort.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 7 May 2021
  • Underneath the palms are soft leaf yucca, which are shade tolerant as the palms grow.
    — Nicole Villalpando, USA TODAY, 19 June 2020
  • On windy days, pieces of plastic wrap drifted away from the construction site and stuck to the yucca trees.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The frogs spend their entire lives in pandans, which resemble yucca or aloe plants, but can grow much taller.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Nez said words for the code came from everyday words used on the reservation, such as lamb, nut, quiver, cross and yucca.
    — Betty Reid, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Lighter green and purple prickly pears lay in clusters, alongside bursts of yucca every few steps.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2018
  • At 3 ½ inches long, the tool consists of a wooden skunkbush sumac handle, bound with split yucca leaves.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2019
  • The trail is wide and plush with saguaros, cholla, ocotillo, creosote, yucca and granite boulders.
    — Sonja Haller, azcentral, 9 Feb. 2015
  • At any one time, there are only five people assigned to the station set on the edge of a sandy basin speckled with yucca and scrub.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • Dan’s yucca fritters came out from the frier mushy — another dunk in the oil helped crisp them up, but added an extra layer of grease.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2024
  • The toads and birds were riotous, including a hummingbird that darted around a red yucca.
    — Florence Williams, Outside Online, 1 Jan. 2020
  • Hundreds of bird species have been spotted there, enjoying a landscape of cacti, yucca and fan palms.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Botanical prints of yucca, cacti and agave are featured on shirts and Bermuda shorts.
    — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • The yucca frita are crunchy, golden tiles with fluffy, almost cheesy centers of cassava.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • And for a boho wedding, yucca canes, cactuses and succulents fit the theme.
    — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Those seeking picnic fare can find yucca chips and salsas, among other snacks, plus cold beer and Michelada mix.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2021
  • On the other hand, Joshua trees rely solely on the yucca moth for pollination.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The dusty path weaves between spiky yucca, twisted shrubs and towering sandstone formations of rusty hues.
    — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
  • Palm, banana, olive, and yucca trees create a dense canopy that contrasts with the Boston ferns and fiddle-leaf figs around the pool.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The works included Colorado’s state flower, the blue columbine, as well as yucca, lupines, mushrooms and other plants.
    — Colleen Smith, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
  • The yucca is a marvelous plant that once provided soap and quill tools to Native Americans.
    — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 13 June 2019
  • The reservoir was low, the yucca plants were going to seed, and discarded Starbucks cups blew across the road like tumbleweed.
    — Maya Binyam, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • There was also plenty of heat served in City Kitchen's yucca soup with crispy serrano ham and smoked paprika oil.
    — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The second course brings out an abundance of salads, plantains, yucca, collard greens, and feijoada (the classic black bean and meat stew).
    — Melissa Malamut, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There’s kalanchoe, a redflower false yucca, propeller plants and thriving foxtail agaves.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026

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