YAUP
Yaup, n. Etym: [Written also yawp.]
1. A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
YAUPER
Yaup"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, yaups.
YAUPON
Yau"pon, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea. [Written also yapon, youpon, and yupon.]
YAUTIA
Yau*ti"a, n. [Native name in the Antilles.]
Defn: In Porto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes, as the taro.