| 单词 | yucca |
| 例句 | Make four bundles tie them with yucca spruce mixed with charcoal from burned weeds snakeweed and gramma grass and rock sage. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The tall yellow rice grass and the broken gray shale ridge were undisturbed by outlines of darker objects that did not belong with the junipers and yuccas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But a couple of weeks before the start of classes during the heavy plantings in the yucca field, he had a change of heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Much much better. I just hope the music hasn’t spoiled the yuccas while I’ve been gone.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing that made me angry was that my beautiful skirt of yucca fibers, which I had worked on so long and carefully, was ruined. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t say any more, and I took the shortcut home, through the yucca plants, past the barren mango tree at the edge of Lalao’s finca. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Kidney beans, peanuts, green and red chili peppers, sorrel, cress, and quinoa, yucca and cucumbers, and of course potatoes and corn were piled, steaming, into the people’s bowls. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful morning when the yucca buds were opening and the mockingbirds were singing on the hill that my uncle Pedro drove up. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m helping it to gather plants with healing abilities. And it wants me to find some yucca root. It says you’re the one that’s been healing the water monster.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The day dawned, and already the time of youth was fleeing the house which the three giants of my dreams had built on the hill of juniper tree and yucca and mesquite bush. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The first year you wanted to look pretty for me, so you wore a nice dress to the fields. By the time we finished, it looked like the sackcloth the yuccas were in!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The canyon was the way he always remembered it; the bee- weed plants made the air smell heavy and sweet like wild honey, and the bumblebees were buzzing around waxy yucca flowers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The boundary between our land and Doña Ana’s was bordered by eggplant bushes, and between us and Doña Lola by annatto, oregano, and yucca. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z This one I also made of yucca fibers softened in water and braided into twine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Would they have some tobacco for a tired old man who spent the day grating yucca? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were blue jays, which are very quarrelsome birds, and black-and- white peckers that pecked holes in the yucca stalks and the poles of my roof, even in the whale bones of the fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The mesquite bushes were green, and even the dagger yucca was stately as it pushed up the green stem that blossomed with white bell flowers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Juan poked the simmering egg and yucca mix with a spatula. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z There are beds of squash, root vegetables Sergio calls yucca, and a tree with big green fruit that looks like spiky footballs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It was made from strings of the yucca bush and had a small opening at the top and hung down like a pouch. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z After he was gone to the yucca fields the next day, I searched and searched, but I could not find the spot again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain in my side was gone, and I did not feel the thorns of the cactus or the needles of yucca that pierced my legs and feet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian did fairly well fending them off until the yucca branch broke. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I also made a pair of sandals from sealskin for walking over the dunes when the sun was hot, or just to be dressed up when I wore my new skirt of yucca twine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For appetizers, we made plantain chips, crispy yucca fries, and bacalao fritters. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was like a deep fryer was sizzling yucca fries in my guts and it felt, um, weird and good at the same time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I took my skirt of yucca fiber, however, for I had spent many days making it and it was very pretty, and also my otter cape. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugh blows the yucca pollen off his blackened shrimp while I push back the sleeves of my borrowed sport coat and search the meat tower for my promised potatoes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Before they could attack, Brian jumped out from behind a clump of sagebrush, waving a yucca branch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The skirt of yucca fibers was simple to make. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A pickup coming around the curve veered and ran into the ditch—plantains, oranges, mangoes, yucca spilling all over the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She bowed to a yucca, waltzed with a saguaro. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z They grated plantains, green bananas, yautías, and yucca, into bowls, seasoned the mixture, spooned mounds of it onto roasted banana leaves, and dropped chunks of savory meat into the centers of the mounds. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The Texas red yucca is smaller and more refined. Three head-turning perennials Washington gardeners should try this year 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z We cut through streams and wetlands, where herons flew over fields of yucca and howler monkeys slept in the trees. Footsteps: A Remote Colombia City That Really Does Exist 2014-04-30T14:56:57Z They include yucca plants, vibrating as if from underground tremors, and a rusted metal cube, listing in the sand. Artists turn L.A. gallery into a museum of nuclear dystopia 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z Every bit as compelling as the stars of the plates are their supports: thick yucca fries with the beef, grill-marked potato slices with the bird. Review | At Ruta del Vino, refreshing takes on Latin food — with nary a small plate in sight 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The Joshua trees are a rare and iconic American treasure and Gold Butte has plenty of them, along with its cousin, the Mojave yucca. In Gold Butte in Nevada, Ancient Rock Art and Rugged Beauty 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z For his own pleasure, Lonsdale, 59, raises collections of bog plants, pasque flowers, hellebores, cacti, yuccas, epimediums, crocus and trout lilies. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z And speaking of sunny, dry sites, my second pick is the Texas red yucca, which isn’t strictly a yucca but is closely related. Three head-turning perennials Washington gardeners should try this year 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Over that goes a Sichuan pork sauce that makes your mouth hum and burn, studded with transparently thin yucca chips for crunch. Restaurant Review: Fung Tu on the Lower East Side 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z At Red Rock Canyon at dusk, Mojave yucca lead the way to juniper trees under a salmon-pink infinity of sky. One thing can get a buttoned-up millennial feminist to praise Las Vegas: Britney Spears 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The sight of women chewing yucca and spitting mouthfuls of yellowish glop into a community bowl assured me that I was nowhere close to Kansas anymore. Among the native tribes in the Amazon Jungle “Sight” offers a kaleidoscope of colorful blooms like hydrangea and roses, while “Touch” has soft, furry lamb’s ear, prickly Golden Sword yucca and spiny Rosy Glow barberry. Public Gardens Turn on the Charm 2011-06-17T01:45:45Z This was chicha, an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented, chewed-up pulp of the yucca plant, that tribe members drink socially and on special occasions. Among the native tribes in the Amazon Jungle A: With Brazil it's coconut milk and working with roots like yuccas and a lot more cilantro and coriander. World Chefs: George Mendes bares 'soulful' Portuguese cuisine 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z But these groups have long shared similarities in their language, their dress and their food staples, like yucca and rice. Marking a Different Thanksgiving Tradition, From West Africa 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z With El Panóptico, which opened in 2013, he looks to neglected regional ingredients, many of them from the Andes or the Amazon, like ají negro, a fermented and reduced yucca extract. Spicing Up the Colombian Melting Pot 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Next up, two dazzlers: octopus carpaccio with a topping of fried corn, diced yucca and a white wine and garlic sauce, and potato salad mixed with apple dressing and green apple slivers. A Madrid Tapas Bar With Global Influences 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The cactus spines bound with yucca leaves still had the remnants of tattoo ink on them. Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world — and also to colonialism 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Cher, she said, once won a game of “Tampax Toss,” bouncing a tampon attached to a Super Ball through a vintage toilet seat attached to a yucca plant. A Queen of Kitsch Who Made the Whole World Sing 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z These include yuccas, agaves and, yes, prickly pears. This unusual garden style could be a sustainable solution for urban landscapes 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Sides include yucca fries, plantains, rice and beans. Two Virginia estates central to George Washington’s life share little common ground 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z I took the hour-long hiking loop at Hidden Valley: a cattle rustling site in the 1870s, it is rich with Mojave yucca, pinyon pine and prickly pear cactus, and ends in a box canyon. Joshua Tree national park: music, myths and art in the desert 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The menu: Basics rule here, starting with $3 empanadas, little fried pies made of yucca and stuffed with either roasted sweet potato or seasoned beef. La Bodega: Delicious Dominican fare 2014-03-20T21:42:40Z After we had a lunch of Cuban sandwiches and yucca fries, guide Mareth Griffith led us on a steep, rocky hike past burly cardon cactuses and delicate, deep-blue morning glory flowers. On Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, a voyage of discovery 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z “On the flip side, I look at things that I planted 10 years ago, and they are still there: the yuccas, Solidago drummondii, hardy cactus,” said Norris, author of “Plants With Style.” 5 secrets of successful gardeners 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z That spiky agave look-alike, the yucca, seems particularly perky. Mild weather brings unusual activity to the January garden, both distressing and delightful 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z They also tend to plantains, yucca, chickens and the huge pigs they raise for their Christmas feasts. In the Dominican Republic, the Most Photogenic Town You’ve Never Heard Of 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z When we were a young family on that mountainside, we foraged for elderberries and nettles, yucca and acorns. Love in the Time of Low Expectations 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z He plans to feature dishes like peppered goat pie and fried fish with yucca chips, mostly as small plates. Solomon & Kuff’s Flavors of the Caribbean in Harlem 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The set is a long table filled with all the ingredients for Chef Michael Denardi’s wannabe signature dish, baked ziti burritos, plus a few stray items, including a yucca. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘Recipe for Success with Chef Michael Denardi’ 2013-08-15T15:43:57Z Sandwiched between a kitchen counter and a mad-scientist lab of stews and sauces, Kelis is hunched over a small pyramid of yucca root, inspecting it like a jeweler would examine a diamond. Here’s What It’s Like To Cook With Kelis 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z They recalled cleaning their graves in a cemetery whose stones, pottery and plantings of yucca and periwinkle were a window into ancestral burial practices. America’s Black Cemeteries and Three Women Trying to Save Them 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Fluffy cottage gardens are more compelling when spiky yuccas or ebony succulents are thrown into the flowery mix. Garden on the dark side with these plants that add a moody new dimension 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The easiest plants to start with, according to Tarte, are the ones that shrug off the cool nights Seattle throws into the summer mix, including citrus, yucca, sansevieria, succulents and ficus. Give your houseplants the staycation of their dreams | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z They also point out that state wildlife biologists a year ago recommended against listing the species after concluding that claims in the petition about the effects of climate change on the large yuccas were premature. New law to protect Joshua trees from climate change imposes fees on desert developers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z In another classification based on flowering frequency, monocarpic plants flower only once in their lifetime; examples include bamboo and yucca. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A year ago, however, state wildlife biologists recommended against listing the species after concluding that claims in the petition about the effects of climate change will have on the large yuccas were premature. Newsom administration offers legislation to protect western Joshua tree 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Finished with rosemary oil and served with sails of garlicky yucca, the bowl is invariably returned with little evidence of what originally filled it. Review | Joy by Seven Reasons gives diners lots to cheer, even a $65 sandwich 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “It’s difficult to leave those traditions behind, but they had to be abandoned at any rate,” said Marlon Cruz, 25, who had been a yucca and plantain farmer in Guatemala. Stuck at the border, migrants find a little Christmas cheer 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z On the buffet tables was an American feast: turkey and sweet potatoes, stuffing and gravy, pie and Reddi-wip — but there were also lentils and yucca fries and injera, a traditional Ethiopian bread. Afghan refugees celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey, lentils 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The salty, starchy, pillowy yucca sticks are perfect on their own, but also nice dunked into the creamy garlic sauce that accompanies the sandwich. Take the fast ferry to Des Moines for lunch — there might be orcas en route 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Try planting a yucca cane with a tall, thin trunk and green sword-shaped leaves in the back. How to make a big splash with a small garden 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The restaurant week lunch menu here includes such starters as crispy yucca fries or harissa hummus, followed by a bowl for a main course and a cookie for dessert. Brunch? With kids? Alfresco? How to make the most of Restaurant Week. 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Like most people here, Ms Membache is a subsistence farmer cultivating plantain, yuccas, yams, rice and maize. The radio station giving indigenous people a voice 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Occasionally, single stalks of obtrusive yucca burst forth from rosettes of sword-shaped leaves. L.A. hikers love Temescal Canyon. A developer just got fined $6 million for blocking it 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Lily’s Salvadorean, a popular food stall at the farmers markets, has a brick and mortar in West Seattle serving pupusas and plates of thick yucca fries and deep-fried pork. A Venezuelan street food counter lands in Capitol Hill and 36 other restaurant openings around Seattle 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The ground would soon be covered with gravel dotted with plants like desert spoon and red yucca. Is that an outlaw lawn? Las Vegas has a new approach to saving water 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The primary livelihood is fishing and coconut trade with Colombia; some of the population also lives on the mainland to cultivate crops such as yams, yucca, bananas and pineapple. A bucket-list sailing trip in Panama’s San Blas Islands 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The three materials mingle most in the living room — a double-height space with walls of windows and fireplace grates that resemble the yucca plants surrounding the home. Lloyd Wright’s Derby House, a Mayan-inspired gem, asks $3.3 million 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The first several miles had been deceivingly easy: a sandy descent marked by jack rabbits, yucca and chamise and views of the dilapidated barracks of Camp Lockett and a Border Patrol station swarming with trucks. Savoring solitude on the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z A small yucca plant was growing in a plastic bottle. In an abandoned Koreatown building, homeless Angelenos create a community 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The fence is lined with yucca and other spiny plants, and every time Nix approached the barrier, she had to step into a bed of prickly fronds. Texas clinic stopped performing abortions, but the anti-abortion activists haven’t left 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Other staples they serve, including black beans and yucca, haven’t increased in price, she said. Yes, there are turkeys for Thanksgiving – for a price 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z But Shannon Salter sees ancient Mojave yuccas and wispy creosote bushes, shrewd kangaroo rats and slender foxes, all living atop a hard-packed crust of rock and lichen formed over thousands of years. 'Is this really green?' The fight over solar farms in the Mojave Desert 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Over a fire, Emile and Claude cooked some yucca and pasta to take on the six-day journey, along with 20 liters of drinking water for which they paid the steep price of $20. Rising numbers of migrants risk lives crossing Darien Gap 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z It winds through an arid landscape of garbage-strewn arroyos, yucca and sagebrush, without paved roads or sewerage. A Sanctuary Takes Shape, Framed Around Migrants 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Dipp Gonzalez’s shift was almost over, so she stood quiet for a while, watching as an elderly woman from a nearby Catholic church sprayed holy water on the yucca plants. Texas clinic stopped performing abortions, but the anti-abortion activists haven’t left 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Any type of cactus, agave, yucca or aloe is a natural choice for a rock garden, and no, they’re not all covered with forbidding spines. After that heat wave, consider a drought-tolerant xeriscape garden 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Cacti and yucca never grew back, the population of moths and other non-bee pollinators fell, and thousands of birds die each year from collisions with solar panels or immolation inside the facility. 'Is this really green?' The fight over solar farms in the Mojave Desert 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z He showed me the planter boxes, filled with succulents and yucca, that had been placed strategically to block sidewalk camping; he watered them daily. Los Angeles Goes to War With Itself Over Homelessness 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, this is the last stage of the yucca’s life cycle, when it blooms after an average 10-year period. What are the 7 most important native plants in L.A.? We asked an expert 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z The outlaw and the outcast have always found a home among the yucca and cholla in the desert sprawl of Palm Springs. Review: Dark doings under the hot sun in 'Palm Springs Noir' 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Around it is a shaggy mix of spiky yucca, palms and bougainvillea. One woman’s path to paradise on a small Puerto Rican island was a 20-year journey full of love, humor and loss 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, this is the last stage of the yucca’s life cycle when it blooms after an average 10-year period. What are the 7 most important native plants in L.A.? We asked an expert 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z By September, housed residents had planted yucca on one side of the lot and spread gravel over the ground. Los Angeles Goes to War With Itself Over Homelessness 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z But the potted cacti, yucca, and swiss cheese plants we’ve welcomed into our homes are entirely passive houseguests. Food for thought? French bean plants show signs of intent, say scientists 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Joshua trees — a yucca, not a tree, named by Mormon settlers — already teeter toward trouble. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Soaptree yuccas are native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and northern Mexico, where they typically grow as small succulents in hot, dry conditions. In a slump, Tucson’s ‘champion’ yucca will likely lose title 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z So Popé sent long-distance runners hundreds of miles to Pueblos around the province with knotted cords of what is thought to be yucca or perhaps strips of deer hide. Why New Mexico’s 1680 Pueblo Revolt Is Echoing in 2020 Protests 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z A week later neighbors planted more yucca and laid out more gravel. Los Angeles Goes to War With Itself Over Homelessness 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The California Fish and Game Commission voted Tuesday to accept a petition that provides the gnarly-limbed yucca plants protected status for a year while the state conducts a study. California law may save 2.5m-year-old Joshua tree amid climate crisis threat 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The state’s Fish and Game Commission on Tuesday voted 4-0 to accept a petition that provides the yucca plants temporary protected status for one year while the agency conducts a study. California accepts petition to protect western Joshua tree 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The recent retirees from the San Diego area spotted the towering yucca after they moved into the neighborhood in 2019. In a slump, Tucson’s ‘champion’ yucca will likely lose title 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Resprouting banana yucca, paper bag bush, California buckwheat and other natives will follow, keeping the red brome in check. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z They slept on the ground under tarps, awoke beside snakes and worked from dawn to dusk clearing sections of the rolling land and planting banana, beans, yucca and corn. Nicaragua refugee farmers carve out existence in Costa Rica 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z According to radiocarbon dating of burned food scraps, including rabbit bones, maize, and yucca from the tropical Maya region, the feast took place between 300 and 350 C.E. ‘Astounding new finds’ suggest ancient empire may be hiding in plain sight 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The old town had highlands that remained dry year-round, where the Urarina farmed staples such as yucca and plantains. Peru’s Peatlands Could Greatly Accelerate Global Warming 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Unfortunately in this case, Lyle said, the yucca is on state land with no one in a position to take ownership of it. In a slump, Tucson’s ‘champion’ yucca will likely lose title 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Many in the community, which gets by growing yucca and rice, are Roman Catholics. Cult ‘anointed by God’ kills 7 in Panama Jungle 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z We drove to a spot on the prospectors’ road, and he led me into the forest where a tangled patch of yucca and bananas grew. Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Most striking were the yuccas, which flash in the sun like trumpets. In the glow of a mountain campsite that’s closer than you’d believe 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z This plant may be a Basketmaker representation of a yucca stalk. What remains of Bears Ears Lyle said the tall stalk will probably continue to deteriorate and eventually fall over, but the rest of the yucca should live on - even if it no longer merits champion status. In a slump, Tucson’s ‘champion’ yucca will likely lose title 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Wells are polluted, raw sewage courses through fetid streams, and residents rely on subsistence crops of corn, bean, yucca and bananas. A Guatemalan village mourns its dead and their American dream 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Some lined up for a buffet of beef, pork, yucca and cachapas, the sweet-corn crepes filled with rich white cheese popular in Venezuela. For Venezuela’s 1 percent, a lavish wedding amid crisis 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The yucca is a marvelous plant that once provided soap and quill tools to Native Americans. In the glow of a mountain campsite that’s closer than you’d believe 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z An online guide to Joshua trees published by the National Park Service identified them by the scientific name Yucca brevifolia, a form of yucca plant that is a member of the Agave family. Joshua Trees Destroyed in National Park During Shutdown May Take Centuries to Regrow 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z “We see this yucca from our home, and don’t want to lose such a special plant,” he said. In a slump, Tucson’s ‘champion’ yucca will likely lose title 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z A herd of mule deer darts past yucca and flimsy barbed-wire ranch fencing that lines the road. Forbidding terrain and foreboding feelings at remote border crossing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The black shadows of yucca shrubs huddled under a three-quarter moon. ‘I would do it again’: migrants risk death to cross remote desert into US 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Other Venezuelans said sardines, yucca, and lentils that last a few days a week have become their staple. Desperate women fleeing Venezuela sell hair, breast milk, sex to get by 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z On weekends, residents spent their time tending to their ivory palms, yuccas and caladiums that resembled elephant ears. In New Orleans, a mother surrounded by homicide fears for her last child 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The fried yucca — crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside — is the standard by which others are judged. Review | You don’t have to drive to the suburbs anymore for great Peruvian chicken 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The churrasco is a seared skirt steak, nearly as silky as roasted eggplant, served with a nest of shoestring yucca fries and a zesty blended jalapeño sauce. Chicha, the Delicious New Nicaraguan Restaurant That Caters to Millennial Cliché 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z “What we need here is a decent irrigation system,” said farmer Mario Cruzata, 45, who uses ox-drawn plows to work his fields of yucca, eggplant and lettuce in southeastern Santiago de Cuba province. Castro set to step aside as Cuban president, his reforms incomplete 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z On the side were yucca fries, crisp but with a denser texture than potatoes. Feel the warmth of the Caribbean at Jerk Shack 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z It is fringed by yucca, plantains and a rotting cacao tree. Colombia’s two anti-coca strategies are at war with each other 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z To step outside its front door is to face hundreds of yucca palms, or Joshua trees, extending their spikey limbs toward the sky. For Paul George, L.A. homecoming transcends the business of basketball 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z They eat fledgling corn plants, he says; they devour pineapples; they eat the tubers of yucca. Could Genetic Engineering Save the Galápagos? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z His three children and wife supplement that with whatever they are able to grow in the nearby fields — mostly plantains, yucca and mangoes — unless neighbors steal the crops. Things are so bad in Venezuela that people are rationing toothpaste 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Dishes include typical Peruvian ingredients like yucca and quinoa, as well as seafood. For This Restaurant, Fusing Two Cuisines Was the Easy Part 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z The spiky yucca cane, for instance, is “a power tree.” A major eclipse is coming this summer. There’s proper attire for it. 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z And they depend on a single pollinator, the snow-furred, aeronautically challenged yucca moth. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Now, he’s hiking up a ridge he’s proud to say he’s never hiked before - a heart-pounding climb riddled with spiky yucca. Mysteries of Pikes Peak an ongoing adventure for historian 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Instead, Rangel and her sons eat rice, beans, yucca, plantains, sardines and sometimes eggs. Things are so bad in Venezuela that people are rationing toothpaste 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The sixth of 11 children, Mr. Duran grew up on a farm in Jarabacoa, where his family grew yucca and sweet potatoes, among other crops, until he was 18. Comatose, Then Homeless: ‘My Closest Friend Has Been Pain’ 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Unlike heavily forested mountainous areas, the shrubby yucca, agave and creosote provide uninterrupted views of soaring peaks, lush, high-elevation glens and the American piece of the Chihuahuan Desert, the largest in North America. The stunning beauty of Big Bend National Park stretches across two countries. Could it survive a wall? 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z A two-hour drive east of Los Angeles, there was once a desert oasis known as the Devil’s Garden where woolly clusters of pincushion cactuses flourished alongside pungent creosote bushes and all manner of sword-leaved yucca. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z At two state-run markets, where the government sets prices, the shelves this past week were monuments to starch: sweet potatoes, yucca, rice, beans and bananas, plus a few malformed watermelons. Cuba’s surge in tourism keeps food off residents’ plates 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z At two state-run markets, where the government sets prices, the shelves this past week were monuments to starch — sweet potatoes, yucca, rice, beans and bananas, plus a few malformed watermelons with pallid flesh. Cuba’s Surge in Tourism Keeps Food Off Residents’ Plates 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Be sure to grab a basket of fried yucca sticks with an addictive blend of chimichurri and a garlic lime aioli for $5. How to celebrate the return of playoff baseball in D.C. 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z People streamed in, some bringing pans of chewy-soft yucca pies, others bringing drums. A History Lesson, Served as Coconut-Seafood Soup 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The county’s land use services department recently fined the institute for removing yuccas without a permit. The battle over a rock fest that Joshua Tree locals say will rattle wildlife and the desert town's chill vibe 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s a shrimp dish with yucca and coconut milk. How Carlos Varella and Andressa Junqueira, Rockaways Restaurateurs, Spend Their Sundays 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Firefighting crews were left on the defense, struggling to protect homes as flames consumed chaparral, pine trees and yucca. 'We got our butts kicked,' firefighters say as Blue Cut fire defies containment 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z If they planted farmland for the Mashco, it would provide them with yucca and bananas, giving them less reason to invade other people’s property. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z A single kilogram of yucca — about two pounds — now costs about one-third of the weekly minimum wage. Venezuelans are storming supermarkets and attacking trucks as food supplies dwindle 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z “Removing a few old yucca plants can disrupt the life cycles of countless desert creatures.” The battle over a rock fest that Joshua Tree locals say will rattle wildlife and the desert town's chill vibe 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Many poor Venezuelans are skipping meals or getting by on yucca and plantains. Venezuela leader says U.S. 'dreams' of dividing loyal military 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z A horse stands next to yucca trees in the Tularosa Desert, New Mexico, in a photo from a 1904 issue of National Geographic. For Earth Day, 14 Pictures of Extraordinary Trees 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The days were long and hot, punctuated by meals of river fish with boiled yucca or rice, or spaghetti and tuna that Torres had brought from Cuzco. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Erica Silva's husband rents a smallholding growing yucca and black beans. Venezuela's farmers: 'Planting for the revolution' - BBC News 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The yucca flour would then be bought up by a new animal feed plant. Plan Colombia's mixed legacy: coca thrives but peace deal may be on horizon 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z When I ordered a chicken sancocho, a yellowish stew thickened with yucca and plantain, the server asked to warm it up in the back. Los Hermanos brings homespun Dominican flavors to D.C. 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z A horse stands next to yucca trees in the Tularosa Desert, New Mexico, in a photo from a 1904 issue of National Geographic. For Earth Day, 14 Pictures of Extraordinary Trees 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In an extraordinary example of co-evolution, each species of yucca plant is pollinated by a single species of moth. Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z One headed to its center; the other to a farm, stealing piles of yucca. An Isolated Tribe Is Emerging From Peru’s Amazonian Wilderness 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z They were encouraged to plant yucca, which would be processed in a new drying plant. Plan Colombia's mixed legacy: coca thrives but peace deal may be on horizon 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Instead, it's made with tender conch meat, yucca, slices of unripe bananas, bell peppers, and topped with chopped cilantro. Get a bowl of Honduran conch soup at Lempira 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z A horse stands next to yucca trees in the Tularosa Desert, New Mexico, in a photo from a 1904 issue of National Geographic. For Earth Day, 14 Pictures of Extraordinary Trees 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z As the success of Cactus Joe’s shows, most these days are designed with “desert architecture” style, surrounded by cacti, brown rocks and yucca plants. Concrete oasis 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z On the lighter side, the “Hamachi Tartare” with yuzu, a sour Japanese citrus fruit, chile, tomatillo came with tiny, crispy yucca chips that were easy to finish and served as a nice eating vessel. Stanton Social Celebrates 10 Years By Staying True To Its Winning Formula 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Today, the equipment at the yucca plant is silent and rusting. Plan Colombia's mixed legacy: coca thrives but peace deal may be on horizon 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s a riot of red rose and orange tiger lily, pink lilac and white yucca, purple catnip and black-eyed Susan. Man turns patch of weeds, litter into awesome urban garden 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z “The government needs to give us an alternative to traditional crops that allows us to live. Growing yucca, plantains and yams doesn’t even leave enough money to put food on the table.” In rural Colombia, ban on anti-coca herbicide is bittersweet 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Cacti, yucca plants, ornamental rocks and various sorts of garden furniture sprawl over seven acres. Concrete oasis 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Cactus and yucca surrounded his office on a campus that advertised itself as an arboretum that included the entire 335-acre campus. What Will Happen in Vegas Won't Stay in Vegas [Excerpt] 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Mojave yucca, aloe, jade, agave and ice plant predominate on the garden's hotter southwest side; black walnut, geranium, dogbane, and oaks prevail on the cooler north side. The fierce angel who tends Amir's Garden in Griffith Park 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z As for sides, don’t overlook the phenomenal yucca fries, crunchy to the bite and served with a chipotle mayonnaise. A Review of Tocolo Cantina in Garden City 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Tube socks and school supplies are sold beside giant pyramids of pineapple and piled yucca. With goods scarce in Caracas’s stores, street sales boom and officials glower He is as Texan as the yucca plants growing outside his house. 'Born and raised' Texans forced to prove identities under new voter-ID law 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z She left behind two hectares of bananas and yucca and about 25 animals, she says. Photos: As Colombia Pursues Peace, Millions Remain Displaced The menu is strictly vegan and includes kale and maitake chips, crispy yucca, roasted mushrooms with burnt sweet potato, shaved vegetable salad and more. Gadarene Swine by Phillip Lee, Bacari PDR, the Anchor Venice now open 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Dr. Stewart-Brown said the company also began experimenting with the addition of oregano, yucca and other herbs, spices and essential oils to its feeds and working to improve the biomes of its chickens. Perdue Eliminates Antibiotic Use in Its Hatcheries 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z We used to grow our own food, corn and yucca, and sell the rest in Pangui. “To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us” 2013-02-10T12:00:00Z Many of the sweets, like the pan de yucca, are made with cassava or corn flour and are naturally gluten free. | Upper East Side: Dulce Vida Cafe Offers Colombian Expatriates the Comforts of Home 2013-01-25T04:11:55Z Pumpkin, eggplant, yucca, plantains, okra and tomatoes are steamed and coated in tamarind sauce or cooked down into side dishes. | Richmond Hill: At Singh’s Roti Shop and Bar, Live Music, Hot Food and Hot Sauce 2012-06-29T00:08:15Z The specimen examined from four miles north of Jaumave was trapped in a xeric area in which the vegetation consisted of mesquite, high palmlike yuccas, and "lechugilla." The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z He had been fighting his swing most of the round, losing his tee shots to the right, and he hit driver against a yucca bush to the right of the 10th fairway. Mahan, Wilson ease into match play semifinals 2012-02-25T22:12:40Z They don’t do anything but grow yucca and drink chichi beer.” “To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us” 2013-02-10T12:00:00Z On the coast this yucca is often stemless, but in the interior, where it is more abundant, it rises to a considerable height, and culminates upon the Mojave Desert, where the finest specimens are found. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z It is difficult to distinguish this plant from the mandioc, which is called "wild yucca;" and this, "sweet yucca." Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z White and sweet potatoes, yams, sweet and bitter yuccas, sago and okra, may also be mentioned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z It was at the Governor's dance, just before Christmas, that the Baron got his first good chance of talking with her for ten minutes alone among the fan palms and yuccas in the big conservatory. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Even the native yucca plants wilted and turned brown. With drought causing hay shortage, NM scientists working on alfalfa that grows with less water 2012-01-02T08:07:37Z The Land of Sunshine" thus aptly characterizes them: "Weird, twisted, demoniacal, the yuccas remind me of those enchanted forests described by Dante, whose trees were human creatures in torment. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The yucca answers the same purpose in Peru that the mandioc does in Brazil. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Its gaunt forests of yucca bristle and twist in its winds and brazen gloom. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Tobacco was cultivated and yucca, beans, potatoes, etc. Guatemala, the country of the future 2011-12-12T03:00:29.630Z Then the car spun out along the famous Shell Road, lined on each side with the tall, delicate yucca plants. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Several others share the title, among them the goose-foot, the yucca, and the California lilac. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Down in the valley, the soft gray of the dead gramma grass was relieved by the great beds of evergreen cacti, yucca, and the greenery of the sage and mesquite. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z The principal elements of the plant associations in which the turtles were found were creosote bush, yucca, mesquite, juniper, tarbush, and grasses. Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz 2011-10-01T02:00:30.200Z The flowers which by their profusion and brilliancy most attract attention are, among myriads, the lupine, yucca, goldenrod, shooting star, ragwort, Queen Ann's lace, bears clover, false hellebore, many gilias, pentstemons, and monkey flowers. Sequoia [California] National Park 2011-09-21T02:00:31.497Z All around me was a glorious meadow, and, further north, rose barren rocks, on which only a mimosa, a yucca, and varieties of brambles and cactus grew. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z These adults lay eggs upon the leaves of Spanish needle or yucca. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Then I raised my dusty cover But she didn't see nor hear, So I hummed the old tune over, Laughin' in my hawse's ear: If the snowflake specks the desert Or the yucca blooms awhile. Sun and Saddle Leather Including Grass Grown Trails and New Poems 2011-07-19T02:00:23.943Z Fourteenth Street trash yielded half-dead ficus trees, yuccas, cacti and other discarded plant life, which she nursed back to health. In the Garden: On City Rooftops, Scrappy Green Spaces in Bloom 2011-06-23T04:20:02Z Giant yucca trees, short, spreading pi�on and spindling cedars clothed the higher peaks of the San Antonio Range. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z The small space between the two ponds was overshadowed by the most splendid magnolias, peca-nut trees, yuccas, evergreen oaks, &c., and begirt by a wall of cactuses, aloes, and other prickly plants. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z This wonderful dish upstaged perfectly fine beef short ribs with tangy chimichurri sauce and a tasty celery root puree, accompanied by yucca fries that were somewhat tough and fibrous. | Mahopac: A Journey Through Nuevo Latino Flavors 2011-06-11T00:35:37Z On Wednesday, lunch was yucca, avocado and cod. “You ate?” Lower East Side Journal: In an Unlovely, Old Market, Bonds Run Deep 2011-05-21T02:46:42Z In the southwest portions of the United States the forests are confined to the mountains and the higher table-lands, the hot, arid valleys being without trees other than the larger growths of cacti and yucca. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Stacy had thrown himself down under one of the yucca trees, but the late afternoon sun filtered through the branches, making his face look red and heated. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z On both sides of it rose the barren mountains, and only an isolated yucca or mimosa grew out of the crevices. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z This limited selection was perhaps augmented by pi�on nuts, yucca fruit, and other indigenous products found in abundance. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z Sandals neatly woven of yucca fiber are common. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z The cacti, yuccas, and associated plants of the most arid portions of the continent stand far apart, without mutual support or shelter, and find protection in their spines, thick rinds, and frequently acrid juices. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The black shadows rapidly lengthen on the grass, and the palmettos, yuccas, and evergreen oaks stand out in rich, deep tones against the sky that fades from crimson to salmon and grey. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z This plain, only interrupted by a few hillocks, was about twenty miles in diameter: it was covered with very high grass and small patches of mosquito trees, elms, dwarf oaks, and yuccas. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z On the ground where they stand, but three years before grew a thick chapparal of mezquite, cactus, yucca, and other plants characteristic of desert vegetation. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Again, they will plant themselves among the yuccas, and so closely imitate their appearance as to pass for one of them.” American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z The hills, although seemingly utterly desolate, on a nearer view sometimes reveal considerable vegetation, including yuccas or "Spanish needles," which shelter the sands from the winds. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z There was a savory smell going up from the cooking-pots, cakes of mesquite meal baking in the ashes, and sugary white buds of the yucca palm roasting on the coals. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z A fourth group is formed by the endogenous woods, like yuccas and palms, which do not grow by such additions. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z A yucca stood stiffly out from the brow of the precipice. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z His gaze travelled toward the other horse, studying every bunch of mesquite and questioning every clump of amole and yucca that grew between. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Agriculture.—The agricultural industries on which the export trade depends are almost wholly restricted to the western lowlands, and include cacao, coffee, cotton, sugar, tobacco, rice, yucca and sweet potatoes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z That night, in the Little Havana neighborhood, Mr. Scott treated a largely Cuban-American crowd to giant platters of roasted pig, brown rice and boiled yucca. Tricky Call for New Governors: Price of Their Own Inaugurals 2010-12-31T01:41:50Z Even where there is radial growth, as in yucca, the structure is not in annual rings, but irregular. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z El Malpais is 160 square miles of jumbled lava flows, caves and tunnels mixed with sand, cactus and yucca plants. APNewsBreak: Remains Identified as Missing NM Pair 2010-09-25T02:54:00Z Production of a few items rose, including yucca, milk, non-citrus fruits and bananas. Cuban food output down despite agriculture reforms 2010-08-03T18:44:00Z The seviche lacks sparkle these days, but the fried pork and yucca starter is as satisfying as ever, the earthy flavors of the dish balanced with a sassy salsa. 2009-12-11T05:00:00Z The antelope-dancers came in first, clad in kilts, with fox skins behind; otherwise naked, painted with white splashes and streaks, and their hair washed with the juice of the yucca root. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open From the great juicy, leafless, branchless stalk of the yucca, soap is prepared, and strong fibres useful in making paper, rope and fabrics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Some species were gorgeous in blood-red blossoms, an admirable contrast to the pale, bell-shaped flowers of the yucca plant. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 In going over Mussey's Grade I saw, for the first time, growing on the rocky hillsides groups of tall yuccas. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway The tree yucca often attains a height of 20 to 25 ft., and a diameter of 1.5 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Cacti and yuccas and agaves, white with dust, clung to the naked tufa. The Woodlands Orchids The numerous Lobeliace�, all endemic, are mostly shrubs or trees, often resembling palms or yuccas in habit, and sometimes twenty-five or thirty feet high. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras It bears sword-like leaves, similar to the South American yucca, and is decked with blossoms of wonderful fragrance. The Pearl of India Afterward, I saw many of these yuccas growing in lonely, rocky places, blooming luxuriantly. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Other food and economic plants are coffee, rice, tobacco, sugar-cane, cotton, indigo, vanilla, cassava or “yucca,” sweet and white potatoes, wheat, maize, rye, barley, and vegetables of both tropical and temperate climates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Lies a little body, that of a girl of about eighteen or twenty, swathed in otter and beaver skins with leg bindings of woven yucca fiber something like modern burlap. Through Our Unknown Southwest Every summer we would gather the fruit of the yucca, grind and pulverize it and mold it into cakes; then the tribe would be assembled to feast, to sing, and to give praises to Usen. Geronimo's Story of His Life He offered the young man long, brown native cigarettes and a very good drink made from yucca. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 There were long stretches, too, of rough country where tall yuccas, sometimes ten feet high, were blooming. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Their feet were protected by sandals made from the yucca, or moccasins from deer or rabbit skins. History of Human Society An incense as of morning worship filled the air with the odor of cedars and cloves and wild nutmeg pinks and yucca bloom. Through Our Unknown Southwest Well, after the siesta I helped madre Maria clean the yuccas for supper; and then I did my writing lesson. Carmen Ariza On the desert, for instance, the yucca has a thorn like a point of steel. Under the Maples It was here that I saw and welcomed the beautiful yucca that I had seen growing in California. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway They dressed in cotton goods or garments woven from the fibre of the yucca plant, or from coarse bark, and later, under Spanish rule, from specially prepared wool. History of Human Society Also Zeke wears on his feet sandals of yucca fiber and matting. Through Our Unknown Southwest Tell your man he may eat the yuccas.” Carmen Ariza When with moistened yucca root he rubbed his hands that the white skin showed, she bent her head to the sand, and was his slave until ... the end!” The Flute of the Gods We had crossed the State line and had left behind us Colorado with its mountains, its green meadows, its wild yuccas, its Matilija poppies, and its dark masses of pine trees. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Their nests are swung from the under side of leaves of the yucca palm or from small branches of low trees, and are made of grass and fibres. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. It is thought these people used not only yucca fiber for weaving, but some species of hemp and cotton; for there are tatters and strips of what might have been cotton or linen. Through Our Unknown Southwest Bueno, the yuccas are all cooked; and now my man says he will not eat them, for this is Friday, and there may be meat with the yuccas. Carmen Ariza In the forests where he lives are to be found aloes, yuccas, and agaves. The Industries of Animals Over Good Fox's shoulder hung a small clay water jug hung in a plaited yucca net. The Hohokam Dig Nest placed on the under side of a yucca palm leaf, being hung from the spines, about 4 feet from the ground. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The yucca palm, fifteen to twenty feet in height, with its large milk-white cluster of blossoms, resembling huge crocuses, dotted the expanse here and there. Aztec Land Was it wicked to cook the yuccas, not knowing if a bit of the skin from my finger had fallen into the pot?” Carmen Ariza When she heard the voice of Pike she sat up, and then started quietly to pick up dry yucca stalks and bits of brushwood for a fire. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Eastward he rode through tall mesquite thickets, over rolling hills where clumps of bear-grass grew among spiked yuccas and needle-pointed tufts of Spanish bayonet, and climbed the pass beyond. When the West Was Young Sisal hemp, which I found much like our yucca or "bear grass," is but little grown. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions The town is generally barren of vegetation, though a few dreary cactus trees manage to sustain themselves in the rocky soil, with here and there a yucca palm. Aztec Land The bright light was the real sun coming round the yucca on his face, and he sat up and saw the desert. Red Men and White Far out upon the plains the lone wolf skulked among the sage and cactus in search of the rabbit and antelope, or lay panting in the scanty shade of the yucca. When Dreams Come True Cactus and Spanish bayonet harassed him like malignant creatures; skeleton ocatillas and bristling yuccas imposed thorny barriers before him. When the West Was Young Here, too, a new mimulus pours floods of yellow light, and high above them all the yucca rears its great plume of purple and white. Our Italy He made them out of the stems of a plant called yucca; but he had to go a long way to get these plants. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa The neighborhood of the next ’dobe-hole might be known by the three miles of cactus you went through before coming on it, a wide-set plantation of the yucca. Red Men and White A cliff, in short, though of no great elevation; on its crest, growing yuccas, cactus, and stunted mezquite trees. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley One root will usually send up from one to a dozen stems, fairly loaded with buds—like the yucca—which open a few every day, and thus keep in bloom for weeks. A Bird-Lover in the West “There’s some yucca,” he shouted, pointing to a tall, straight plant with white, bell-shaped flowers growing by the track. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Cactus and yucca dotted the slopes, thorny, lancelike, repellent; lava, dull, hinting of volcanic fire, filled crevices and depressions, and huge blocks of stone, detached in the progress of disintegration, were scattered about. 'Firebrand' Trevison Farther along gaunt cows stood or lay under the perpetual yuccas, an animal to every plant. Red Men and White On the western declivity of the Cordillera, the boundary elevation for the growth of the yucca is about 3000 feet above the level of the sea. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests "H. H." said some years ago that the magnificent yucca, the glory of the Colorado mesas, was being exterminated by wandering cows, who ate the buds as soon as they appeared. A Bird-Lover in the West We gather aloes for medicine for her sick children; the core of the lechugilla for their food, yucca leaves for plumes for their heads, and scarlet panicles of the Fouquiera splendens for their clothes. Werwolves Even where a peripheral increase takes place, as in the yuccas, the wood is not laid on in well-defined layers for the structure remains irregular throughout. Seasoning of Wood No. 31562, which was obtained in a yucca and acacia association, had little fat. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Chicha is likewise made from rice, peas, barley, yuccas, pine-apples, and even bread. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Barren, level, vast, this waste of world stretched before him, with no verdure save the repulsive cactus, the scraggy yucca, the grease-wood, and occasional splotches of mesquite. The Range Boss It was cruel to tie her to the yucca and leave her to starve to death, but I 'most wish she'd been dead when Dad found her. Tabitha at Ivy Hall It was featureless save for sage and mesquite and tall thin stalks of yucca. Space Platform They exist on plantains, yucca, batatas, and the sugar-cane—which they rudely cultivate; and the fish, as well as the manatees and alligators, which swarm in their waters. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America To propagate the yucca the stalk is cut, particularly under the thick part, into span-long pieces, which are stuck obliquely into the earth. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Whenever some distant spot roused their curiosity, the machine left the road and plunged madly across the desert, through cactus thickets and yucca clumps, through draws and over sand drifts. Still Jim Yucca alœfolia.—The yucca leaves afford a good fiber, and some southern species are known as bear's grass. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Then I had never seen a yucca, much less a tree of the kind we were gazing at; of course I could only guess at what they might be. Ran Away to Sea Not that the surrounding country wasn't ruggedly beautiful and grand; the hills were covered with live-oak, yucca grass, chulla, manzanita, and starred with the white blossoms of wild thistle. The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds At Pacchapata, besides maize, yuccas, and fruits, sugar, coffee, and coca are also cultivated. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests All time they bring back to old chief strong medicine, like rattlesnake poison, like ropes of yucca fiber, like fifty coyotes fastened together. Still Jim There were likewise many wisps of yucca fiber tied in knots which must probably be regarded as of identical origin. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Then there was no Santa Fé Railway, and no Daggett—just a wide stretch of desert dotted with yucca and Spanish bayonet. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania She was standing near one of the yucca palm trees that grew up from the azotea. The Scalp Hunters Towards evening he burrows deep holes in the earth, and searches for the larvæ of insects, or he ventures out of the forest, and visits the yucca fields, where he digs up the well-flavored roots. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The blades of the yuccas are dimmed by dust, and resemble clusters of half-rusty bayonets; and the low scrubby copses of acacia scarce offer a shade to the dusky agama and the ground rattlesnake. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Fabrics made of cotton are common in the ruins of the Red-rocks, and at times this fiber was combined with yucca. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 The stunted trees were lower than the giant bushes and yucca. Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas There were “lairs” among the underwood, constructed of branches, and thatched with the palmated leaves of the yucca, or with reeds brought from the adjacent river. The Scalp Hunters In some parts of Peru the Indians prepare a very fine flour from the yucca, and it is used for making fine kinds of bread, and especially a kind of biscuits called biscochuelos. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The posts were trunks of a species of arborescent yucca that grew plentifully around the spot, and the roof-thatch was the stiff loaves of the same, piled thickly over each other. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico These are all of the same kind, and are made of yucca leaves plaited in narrow strips. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Here and there, a tree yucca grew by the way, its fascicles of rigid leaves reminding one of the plumed heads of Indian warriors. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The scrubbing continued, with fresh applications of the yucca, for ten minutes or more; and then the great olla was lifted, and its contents dashed upon his head and shoulders. The Scalp Hunters The Indians in the Montaña de Vitoc sent as a present to their officiating priest a yucca, which weighed thirty pounds, but yet was very tender. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests There was a sort of rude door, made of boards split from the larger trunks of the yucca, and hung with strong straps of parflèche, or thick buffalo leather. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Small lizards that are found where the tree yuccas grow. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot Several species are there of these fruit-bearing yuccas in the region of the Rio Grande, as yet unknown to the scientific botanist. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse We saw that it contained the yucca soap of the Northern Mexicans. The Scalp Hunters The yucca and the prickly pear were abloom. Oh, You Tex! The Spanish bayonet, with its long stalk of white, waxy blossoms, presents a very beautiful appearance, as do also the young specimens of the tree yucca. The Western United States A Geographical Reader String some wire about six inches apart around your four poles and weave yucca stalks in and out. The Forbidden Trail They were a species of arborescent yucca, then unknown to botanists. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Her rich bloom was more like the flowers of the desert growths—the thorn-guarded yucca and needled cactus. Bloom of Cactus It was a brown, level country thickly dotted with yucca. Oh, You Tex! Simon Jr. had just strayed along with a blossoming yucca protruding from his mouth, and the professor had driven him farther up the slope. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book There were half a dozen Indian sun shelters near the spring, each a mere cat's claw and yucca thatch, supported on cedar posts. The Forbidden Trail To my joy he was going in the right direction—straight for the yuccas upon the hill. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The sisal hemp, pineapple, yucca, and a number of fiber plants growing in the southern part of the United States are worthy of note. Textiles and Clothing The bloodhounds that have lagged behind in the scurry across the plain, now close up; and, instead of stopping by the side of Lolita, rush on towards the yucca. The Lone Ranche Upon which Simon Jr. kicked up his heels in the most intelligent manner, and pranced off in pursuit of the succulent yucca. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book The fan-like leaves of palmettos and yuccas growing all around, gave a southern and tropical aspect to the scene. The Boy Hunters Many of the yuccas were only six feet in height, with tufted heads, and branchless trunks as gross as the body of a man, and they might readily have been mistaken for human beings. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse To them it was new to see the palm, the cypress, and the yucca, together with the maize, banana, and sugar-cane, surrounded by vineyards, while the pine and chesnut clothe the hills. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Instead of galloping away she urges the mustang on towards the yucca. The Lone Ranche The sticks were then painted, a shred of yucca leaf being used for the brush, with rings of black, red, and white, disposed in a different order on each stick. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 There were agaves, and yucca palms, and cacti, growing along its edges, giving it a very picturesque appearance. The Boy Hunters My eye wanders with delight over the deep rich verdure of its tropic vegetation; I can even distinguish its more characteristic forms—the cactus, the yucca, and the agave. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse It is crowned, however, with a leaf like that of the palmetto; but the tufts of the dragon tree resemble the yucca in growth. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 She makes no remark, but stepping towards the yucca and reaching up, impales the piece of paper on one of its topmost spikes. The Lone Ranche The previous transformations of the yucca had been greeted with approving shouts and laughter; the blossoms were hailed with storms of applause. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 Scattered pines standing upon its topmost edge, stretched their branches out over the plain; and the aloe plants, the yuccas, and cacti, added to the wild picturesqueness of its appearance. The Boy Hunters I cross thy fields of lava, rugged in outline, and yet more rugged with their coverture of strange vegetable forms—acacias and cactus, yuccas and zamias. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse All the vegetation was different from that of the upper canyons and of a kind indicating a hotter climate; cacti, yucca, etc. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 It may be down among the artemisias, or perhaps behind a large yucca, whose dark whorl rises several feet above the sage, and over which the vultures are wheeling. The Lone Ranche After a minute spent in singing and many repetitions of “Thòhay,” the circle opened, disclosing to our view the yucca root planted in the sand. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 Robin made her skirts short enough for mountain climbing, and dreading the time when her one pair of shoes should give out, she wore sandals fashioned from yucca leaves by Adam's clever fingers. The Master-Knot of Human Fate I noticed, also, growing upon the very edge of the cliff, yuccas and aloes, whose radiating blades, stretching out, curved gracefully over the white rock. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The yucca when in full bloom, its gigantic panicles bearing a profusion of large white bells, is one of Nature's most enchanting sights. Ranching, Sport and Travel As she draws still nearer, a black disc, dimly outlined against the dark green leaves of the yucca, upon scrutiny, betrays the form of a bird, itself a vulture. The Lone Ranche One bore, exposed to view, a natural root of yucca, crowned with its cluster of root leaves, which remain green all winter. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 The horizontal reeds 127 are held in place by pegs of greasewood driven into the wall at intervals of 1 or 2 feet and are tied to the pegs with split yucca. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 Once in the saddle I hurried out of the piazza, passed the ranchos of yucca, and reaching the open country, pressed my horse into a gallop. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The tall, slender stems of the yucca and infrequent clumps of dwarfed cacti cast clear-edged shadows on the bare, moonlit ground. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail This motley singing and hilarity continue until well toward sunrise, when the mother brings in a bowl of yucca suds and washes the girl's hair. The North American Indian When the last transformation was completed the dancers 440 went once more around the fire and departed, leaving the fruitful yucca behind them. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 Next morning they continued their journey, avoiding as much as possible crossing tracts of cultivated land; and when forced to do so, lying down and crawling between the rows of the maize or yuccas. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico Through all these, slender sticks of yucca had been run to serve as handles while painting the tubes and also to support the tubes while the paint was drying. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians A species of yucca, resembling the aloe, but with more slender leaves and of a lighter green, yields the hemp of Ecuador. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The man who would win a beautiful wife must hit the blade of a yucca plant with an arrow at forty paces. The North American Indian In the second act the rattler brought in under his arm a basket containing yucca leaves, and a prayer was said to the sun. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 Let's camp over there by that lonesome yucca palm. The She Boss A Western Story The attendant who colored the reeds sat facing west; and as each reed was colored it was placed on the rug, the yucca end being laid on a slender stick which ran horizontally. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians Unlovely, soiled, desolate of verdure, dumped down upon a flat of sand in a treeless waste, amid cactus, crabbed yucca, scorpions, horned toads, and rattlesnakes. The Two-Gun Man With a fragment of stone he would shape fire-sticks from the dead stalk of a yucca. The North American Indian Around this they bent a flexible twig of oak and tied it with the fibers of the yucca, and thus they made a handle. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 She had been sole mistress of a tiny camp tucked away in a half-sheltered little arroyo, over which spiked yucca palms stood guard and helped to break the wind and check the drifting sands. The She Boss A Western Story An Apache basket containing yucca root and water was placed in front of the circle. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians Snaky octilla dotted the space; the crabbed yucca had not lost its ugliness. The Two-Gun Man The giant yuccas appear almost as a forest to-day; yesterday there was none. The North American Indian The soles of their moccasins were made of hay and the uppers of yucca fibers. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 A corral of corky yucca trunks held the child a prisoner, and more trunks had been laid on the walls to form a roof, which kept off coyotes. The She Boss A Western Story Three black dots were painted upon the blue for the eyes and mouth; the ground color was laid on with the finger; the other decorations were made with yucca brushes. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians Against the rocky scarp on the south of the garden a plantation of aloes, yuccas and cactus has been made. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Manzanita, piñon nuts, juniper berries, acorns of the scrub oak, fruit of the yucca, wild potatoes, wild onions, mesquite pods, and many varieties of fungi also furnish food. The North American Indian It will suffice to say here that when the yucca fruit was picked and put in the basket the old man helped the “woman” to shoulder her load and the pair left the corral. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 Slowly the teams forged ahead into the infinite sandy waste, where whispering yuccas and thorny cactus grew, and jack rabbits went looping away among bronze greasewood bushes. The She Boss A Western Story Bunches of pine boughs, which during the forenoon had been made into wreaths by joining pieces together with yucca in this fashion were laid across each end of the rug. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians When the pigment is properly reduced, and mixed with water so as to form a thin solution, it is applied with brushes made of the leaves of the yucca. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 From each bottle she poured a little water upon the yucca root and proceeded to wash Yólkai Ĕstsán and all her finery. The North American Indian Patches of yucca and mesquite and sage out beyond the officers' quarters area stretched away to a far-off horizon. Space Tug The unwritten law of the desert would condemn whoever did this to a lariat and a yucca palm. The She Boss A Western Story The spring drive up through Texas was pleasant, between blossoming yellow trees and yuccas like wax candles and pink bouquets of peach trees and mocking birds' songs. Across the Fruited Plain The basketry of the Zuñians is usually made of small round willows and the stem of the yucca, the leaves of which attain a long slender growth in that region. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 This part of his meal finished, the Apache might gather other dead yucca stalks, split them, and often find within small stores of honey. The North American Indian He was glad when he reached the Colorado River and wound up into California, leaving the alkali and sage brush and yucca palms of the Mojave well behind him. Never-Fail Blake The wind whispered mysteriously through the bayonets of the yucca palm above them. The She Boss A Western Story Gradually rising, we reached the desert, where only cactus, sagebrush, and yucca grew. I Married a Ranger A rope-like withe of the fiber of the yucca, made quite fine, is wrapped with flat strips of the same plant. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Every woman or girl bears on her head a basket of willows or yucca filled with corn-cakes, yucca preserve, and other delicacies, products of the vegetable kingdom. The Delight Makers Mr. Hawkins: I think the only reason why the yucca filamentosa doesn't do well is because it is a plant of the southwest and grows in a warmer climate. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Not long would one be obliged to live and move and have his being alone on this desert before strange messages would begin to formulate in the wind's eerie whispering in the yuccas. The She Boss A Western Story Root of the yucca plant is beaten into a pulp and used as a shampoo cream by other tribes. I Married a Ranger The following are ring-shaped pads made of yucca leaves interwoven in such a manner as to leave the centre open sufficiently to fit the top of the head. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Ears of corn, gourds, cakes of corn meal, pieces of dried preserve, ripe fruits of the yucca, are thrown up into the air; the baskets are emptied, and bystanders run home to replenish them. The Delight Makers Mrs. Countryman: Will yucca filamentosa ever blossom in a garden in St. Paul? Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 In describing it, Professor Putnam says that the fiber is probably obtained from a species of yucca. Prehistoric Textile Fabrics Of The United States, Derived From Impressions On Pottery Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 393-425 An ashen-colored lizard darts across the trail, a sage rabbit darts behind a yucca bush, and far overhead a tireless buzzard floats in circles. I Married a Ranger The following baskets are made from the broad leaves of the yucca, woven or plaited crosswise in a very simple manner, and wrapped at the rims with leaves of the same plant. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Nothing is ripe,—neither cactus, figs, nor yucca fruit. The Delight Makers To overcome this it was encased in a coarse sort of wicker-work, composed of fibrous yucca leaves or of flexible splints. A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 467-522 The fourth day after the birth the child is again bathed in the yucca root suds by the same grandmother, who again repeats a long prayer. The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child Enoch looked at her, drew a deep breath, then put his gun across his arm and followed Diana to the yucca thicket where quail was to be found. The Enchanted Canyon But after a few steps she found running impossible, for the slope was a wilderness of rock, thickly grown with cholla and yucca with here and there a thicker growth of cat's-claw. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert She appeared to be busy extracting the filaments from shrivelled leaves of the yucca, which had been dried by roasting, and afterward had been buried to allow the texture to decay. The Delight Makers At any rate, he snorted and sagged back on the rope, hit a yucca point, whirled and made off. The Killer Returning to the house, the paternal grandmother again bathes the child in yucca suds; then, for the first time, the little one is put into the cradle. The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child Sometimes they have a ring of twisted strips of yucca leaves instead of the ball, but more often two interlocked rings which they throw ahead with a stick curved at the end. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Every night on the trail and at every camp she tried to leave some mark for the whites—a scratch on pebble or stone, a bit of marked yucca or a twisted cat's-claw. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert To the back of the figure was fastened a small arrow-head, on the sides a turquoise and a few shells were tied with strings of yucca fibre. The Delight Makers The country was, at first, rolling, with a sparse growth of yuccas, many of which were exceptionally large and fine. In Indian Mexico (1908) On the tenth morning both parents of the child are bathed in suds of yucca, the whole body of the mother but only the head of the father. The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child Trees such as palms and yucca do not grow in this way, but their wood is not important enough in this country to warrant a description. Studies of Trees She drew off her thin satin house slipper painfully and dropped it unheedingly into a bunch of yucca that crowded against the rock. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert She took the root of the yucca, or soapweed, and drank the froth produced by whipping water with it, but gained no relief. The Delight Makers On each of these days the baby and its mother have their heads washed with yucca suds. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Each one of these strikes the child four times across the back with his yucca blades, having first tested with his foot the thickness of the child's clothing. The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child You don't see even a yucca, but you do see something whirling there in the southwest. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty As he drew near enough to perceive Rhoda's yellow head bent above her injured foot, he quickened his pace, swung round the yucca thicket and pulled off his soft felt hat. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert The belt was ornamented with black and white stitches; from each ear hung a turquoise suspended by a cotton thread, and a necklace of coloured pebbles strung on yucca fibre encircled the neck. The Delight Makers The two mothers pound up roots of the yucca, used as soap, and prepare two bowls of foaming suds. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi The pupil is then struck across each arm and across each ankle with the yucca blades. The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child The yucca and the mesquite turned into oak. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty My mother was part Mohave and she used to say that only the Pueblo in her kept her from being as stiff-necked as yucca. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert Here and there rose a lonely spike of yucca, and in the little ravines to right and left grew in the crevices of the rocks clumps of superb straw-colored columbines four feet high. Clover The cassava is known in Peru as yucca. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. The dragon-tree is a species of dracæna, and looks rather like a gigantic candelabra, composed of a number of yuccas, perched on the top of a gnarled and somewhat deformed stem, half palm half cactus. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months But there was yet no forest to hide them, only the miserable mesquite and the ragged yucca. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty He plucked the stocking and slipper from the yucca and dropped them into his pocket. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert And we have not only fruit and flowers, but corn, coffee, cocoa, yuccas, potatoes, and almost every sort of vegetable.” Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance Now he passed a blooming azalea or a yucca with clustering bellflowers. A Man Four-Square A single trail led far away from the beaten road toward a stretch of coarse dry yucca and loco-weeds that hid a little steep-sided draw across the plains. Vanguards of the Plains The horses reposed by the yucca, and, down the far side of the swell, close to the bottom of the dip, was another yucca. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty She almost heard the creamy bells of the tall yucca pealing out a hymn to the God who expresses himself in continual creation. The California Birthday Book The yucca which produces cassava, rice, the sweet potato, yams, all flourish here, and maize produces 200 to 300 fold. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Closer, inch by inch, making the most of every bunch of yucca and cholla, the officer slowly crept. A Man Four-Square In some localities the netting of the hoop is made from the yucca, in other places corn husks are used. Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs Fortunately their serapes were very thick and large, and they found additional shelter among some ragged and mournful yucca trees. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Wisdom dwelleth not in cities; 'Tis the foothill night illumes— Where the insects chant their hymnals, And the creamy yucca blooms. The California Birthday Book The yucca, dracaena, and palm, entirely shed their scales when they are dried up, and there only remain circles, or rings, arranged round the trunk in different directions. The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes "Lightning struck a yucca over there and burned it, probably," I hazarded, seeking the spot through the glasses. Casey Ryan Another root which they eat they call yucca; and of this they make bread. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera The horses tethered to a lonesome yucca found a few blades of grass on the swell, which they cropped luxuriously. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Here you live in every moment, And the soul its own assumes In this blessed bit of heaven, Where the creamy yucca blooms. The California Birthday Book Several species of tree yuccas in the same deserts, laden in early spring with superb while lilies, form forests hardly less wonderful, though here they grow singly or in small lonely groves. The Grand Cañon of the Colorado Some time after there appeared a worm which also destroyed the yucca. The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation They cut the yucca, which is very juicy, into pieces, mashing and kneading it and then baking it in the form of cakes. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera He was stalking us, a scout, I suppose, and I just got a glimpse of him behind a yucca. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty The Mohave yucca is a remarkable plant, which resembles in its nature both the cactus and the palm. The California Birthday Book A tiny bird flitted past and perched on the dry, dead stalk of a yucca. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life These with the yucca from which they made their casabe or bread, maize, yams, and other edible roots, constituted their food supply. The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation It is a singular thing that they consider the juice of the yucca to be more poisonous than that of the aconite, and upon drinking it, death immediately follows. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera There was a shadow within the shadow of the yucca. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Birds, humming-birds even, nest in the cactus scrub; woodpeckers befriend the demoniac yuccas; out of the stark, treeless waste rings the music of the night-singing mocking bird. The California Birthday Book While riding alone among his cows over miles of yucca and sage he kept in touch with the world through the poetry he recited to himself. Life's Enthusiasms All the others had net veined specimens, but they remembered that iris and flag and corn and bear-grass—yucca—all were parallel. Ethel Morton's Enterprise They cultivate maize, yucca, and ages, as we have already related is the practice in Hispaniola. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera The shadow blended with the shadow of the yucca just behind its stern, but Ned, watching closely, saw in the next instant the two shadows detach and separate. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Among the tubers produced are sweet potatoes, white potatoes, yams, the arum and the yucca. Cuba, Old and New The few trees and bushes which are common in central Chile decreased rapidly in numbers, and were replaced by a tall plant, something like a yucca in appearance. The Voyage of the Beagle It won't be long til thousands and thousands of yucca plants will light their torches all over the desert and all the alders show their lacy mist. Her Father's Daughter The natives sow and cultivate them in gardens as they do the yucca, which I have mentioned in my First Decade; and they also eat them raw. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Occasionally they saw besides the cactus, mesquite and yucca and some clumps of coarse grass. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Cacti and yucca palms broke the monotony of the roll of the plains to the uplands. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama The peccary, Gila monster, tarantula, centipede, scorpion and horned toad are specimens of its strange animal life; and, the numerous species of cacti, yucca, maguey, palo verde and mistletoe are samples of its curious vegetation. Arizona Sketches Of course you know how exquisitely the Spaniards named the yucca 'Our Lord's Candles.' Her Father's Daughter There are several varieties of yucca, one of which being dearer and more agreeable, is reserved for making the bread of the caciques. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Once more in the saddle, they rode on over a plain unchanged in character, still the same swells and dips, still the same lonesome yuccas and mesquite, with the occasional clumps of bunch grass. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty The chaparral and yucca and yerba buena gave place to pine-trees and mountain oaks, with little close clumps of cottonwoods in the stream bottom. The Mountains A species of yucca called sotal, or saw-grass, grows plentifully in places, and is sometimes used as food for cattle when grass is scarce. Arizona Sketches Sometimes it had been a venomous snake, sometimes a yucca bayonet, sometimes poison vines, again unsafe footing—in each case instant obedience had been the rule. Her Father's Daughter The best bread found in the island is that made from the yucca, and is called cazabi. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera They were now to enter a land of little rain, where they would find the ragged yucca tree, the agave and the cactus, the scrubby mesquite bush and clumps of coarse grass. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty It tore aspens and chokecherry bushes out of the ground and left the yuccas hanging by their tough roots. The Song of the Lark He obtained a large quantity of relics, which are also fully described, consisting of stone implements, pottery, cotton and feather cloth, osier and palmillo mats, yucca sandals, weaving sticks, bone awls, corn and beans. Arizona Sketches Presently they found a yucca head that Linda said was exactly right, a delicate pink, thicker than her wrist and two feet in length. Her Father's Daughter It is most digestible, and the yucca is cultivated and harvested in the greatest abundance and with great facility. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Several species of tree yuccas in the same desert, laden in early spring with superb white lilies, form forests hardly less wonderful, though here they grow singly or in small lonely groves. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon Then he subsided into warm drowsiness and listened to the locusts in the yuccas, and the tap-tap of the old woodpecker that was never weary of assaulting the big pine. The Song of the Lark It consists of live oak, pinion, mesquite, desert willow, greasewood, sage brush, palmilla, maguey, yucca and cacti and is mostly evergreen. Arizona Sketches Linda gave her a few words of instruction concerning the yucca. Her Father's Daughter The cacique fed this young fish for several days with yucca bread, millet, and the roots the natives eat. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera This shrub and the yucca, with many varieties of cactus, make the characteristic features in the vegetation for a long distance to the eastward. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources The old fellows—or the squaws—wove a close netting of yucca fiber, and then tied on little bunches of down feathers, overlapping, just the way feathers grow on a bird. The Song of the Lark Next in importance to the mescal comes the yucca. Arizona Sketches The yucca or bear-grass is in perfection; its massive flower scapes are very telling. Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 We have sufficiently explained how maize, agoes, yucca, potatoes, and other edible roots are sown, cultivated, and used. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Riding along through the perfumed air, we soon after entered a defile overgrown with the ominous artemisia tridentata, which conducted us into a sandy plain covered more or less densely with forests of yucca. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources They caught fish from the river and snared a few rabbits in the desert, but lived mainly on mesquite beans, the hearts of yucca plants, and the fruits of the cactus. Canyons of the Colorado There are several varieties, but the palm yucca is the most common, and under favorable conditions attains to the proportions of a tree. Arizona Sketches It consisted of puchero, a stew consisting of a piece of beef, cabbage, sweet-potatoes, salt pork, sausage-meat, pigs' feet, yuccas, bananas, quinces, peas, rice, salt, and an abundance of Chili peppers. The Treasure of the Incas The earliest islanders, who ate raw yucca, died early; but as the taste is exquisite, they resolved to try using it in different ways; boiled or roasted this plant is less dangerous. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera We continued in a southerly direction across the plain, to which, as well as to all the country, so far as we could see, the yucca trees gave a strange and singular character. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns. Canyons of the Colorado Fine specimens of yucca grow on the Mojave desert in California that are large and numerous enough to form a straggling forest. Arizona Sketches Our camp was on an open plain, with no shrubbery save an occasional brown-bush or yucca near us; and we retired, feeling as safe as we had any time since crossing the Rio Grande. The Young Trail Hunters Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West The ordinary food of these natives is the same as the others––agoes, yucca, maize, potatoes, fruits, and fish. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera The superb yucca flaunted its glorious white standards, borne proudly aloft like those of the Roman legions, each twelve or fifteen feet in height, supporting myriads of white bells. American Big Game in Its Haunts The oose, the fruit of the yucca, or Spanish bayonet, is rich, and not unlike the pawpaw of the valley of the Ohio. Canyons of the Colorado A grove of yucca trees presents a grotesque appearance. Arizona Sketches He threw it; but the noose fell short of the object aimed at, and encircled a stout yucca, that would stand directly in the way. The Young Trail Hunters Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West When there is a shortage of yucca, they grind it into flour by mashing it between stones; the bread made from this is coarser. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera The yucca was in bloom, too, and added its mammoth flower to the display. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John They had walked about a quarter of a mile when they reached a spot where yuccas and prickly desert plants of different varieties grew thickly. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings The wood of the yucca tree has a commercial value. Arizona Sketches The trunk is divided into a great number of branches, which rise in the form of a candelabrum, and are terminated by tufts of leaves, like the yucca which adorns the valley of Mexico. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Besides these food plants of the desert, we have the cat's-claw, mesquite and cholla shrubs for fuel; the bear-grass and yuccas for camp-building. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert Strung out across the little field of malangas, yuccas, and sweet-potatoes were several hilarious Volunteers, their arms filled with loot from the cabin. Rainbow's End When the women sow, the stalk of the maize bears two or three ears, the root of the yucca yields two or three basketfuls, and everything multiplies in proportion. The Golden Bough And then the girls would never forgive me if I should forget the superb yucca, or Spanish bayonet, which is as beautiful as a tropical queen. A Summer in a Canyon But in New Zealand it is superseded by the form of the yucca; for the Dracaena borealis of Aiton is a Convallaria, of which it has all the appearance. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 "Was it he who put the paper on the yucca tree?" questioned Elfreda. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert The Government did supply one quality of food, however; at intervals, it distributed yucca roots. Rainbow's End The trail has entered an open forest of joshuas, as the big tree yuccas are called in Arizona. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America "I see that yon tall yucca has gone in shadow sooner than it did yesterday." Ramona And when by walking only upon their hinder feet they were bruised by stone and sand, they plaited sandals of yucca fibre. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest |
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