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Is a union of local complete intersections, a local complete intersection?

Let $X$ be a smooth variety over a field $\Bbbk$, and let $Y, Z \subset X$ be closed reduced subschemes, both of which are local complete intersections. Is $Y \cup Z$ (with an appropriate definition of the scheme structure) necessarily a local complete intersection?

Charles Staats
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