"Yacca" is a word in ENGLISH
A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus
coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is
much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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