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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Agavaceae — theyuccas . - proper noun The Yucca mountain.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If the waste material is stored in Yucca Mountain, I know I can avoid the place for the next 10,000 years.
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If the waste material is stored in Yucca Mountain, I know I can avoid the place for the next 10,000 years.
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The waste from old Thermal Reactor designs currently stored in Yucca mountain could and should be used as fuel for such reactors.
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A strange canine seen in Yucca Valley, California, is likely a mangy coyote.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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I spent my teen years in Yucca Valley, Morongo and Joshua Tree.
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal YOGI CHIPS The Goods: Yucca aka cassava root is mashed into a paste, then deep fried in sunflower oil.
Slimmer Pickings Katy McLaughlin 2011
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Exelon CEO John Rowe calls Yucca mountain project ‘linchpin’ to solving waste problem and building new plants.
Hillary And Obama Duke It Out Over Hillary's Yucca Mountain Ad 2009
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North of Rachel, on grounds known as Yucca flats, the U.S.
Unexpected Flying Objects Saul Bloodworth 2009
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North of Rachel, on grounds known as Yucca flats, the U.S.
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But advocates of nuclear power have targeted Jaczko because he helped deep-six the idea of putting a nuclear waste dump in Nevada, called Yucca Mountain.
News 2011
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