yttrotitanite

[Pref. yttro-, and English Min.: The same as KEILHAUITE (q. v.). titanite.] IMG:content-1109.png:[blocks in formation] bell-shaped, its segments without nectaries; stamens clavate, style wanting, fruit capsular, hexagonal, with three cells and numerous flat seeds. From the hotter parts of America. Yucca gloriosa, Com. mon Adam's Needle, has an upright stem, a panicle of flowers three feet long, and a total height in America of ten or twelve feet, Yucca Gloriosa and Flower. though the cultivated plant in Britain is very much smaller. It is a native of the United States from Carolina to Mexico and Texas. Its fruit is purgative; its stem yields starch and also a fiber well adapted for paper-making. Y. an gust i folia and Y. filamen tosa have also fibers which may be similarly used. The last-named species, called the Silk gra , has panicles of pendulous cream-colored flowers. It grows in British gardens, blo oming in the autumn. yŭck, v . i . [Dut. jeuken , joken ; Low Ger. jöken ; Ger.jucken =to itch.] To itch. ( Proυ . ) yŭck, subst. [YUCK, v.) The itch, or scabies. (Prov.) yŭck-er, s. [Etym. unknown.] A colloquial name for the golden-winged woodpecker or clape. yu-ěn, s. [WOOYEN.]