Yu"lan (?), n. (Bot.) A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.
Yule (?), n. [OE. yol, ol, AS. geól; akin to geóla December or January, Icel. jl Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. Jolly.] Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule
In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule.
Drayton.
Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. -- Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.
Yule"tide` (?), n. Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
Yu"mas (?), n. pl.; sing. Yuma (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.
The a wider sense, the term sometimes includes the Mohaves and other allied tribes.
||Yunx (yks), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`ygx the wryneck.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.
Yu"pon (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Yaupon.