yuca

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yuca

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Via Spanish yuca (also historically juca), frequently said to be of Taíno origin. While the word is almost certainly from an indigenous American language, the source is not known. Perhaps from Kari'na yuca (“cassava”) , but this appears to be a ghost word. Doublet of yucca.

noun yucas · yuka

countable, uncountable cassava
countable, uncountable cassava root In the equatorial regions of South America, starch is abundantly prepared from the Yuca (Jatropha manihot), and from several species of palm.

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@misc{yuca_2026,
  title = {yuca},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yuca},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}