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yucca¹
- /ˈjʌkə/ UK
- /ˈjʌkə/ US
- /ˈjuːkə/ US
Rhymes with -ʌkə
Where it comes from
Variant of yuca, sometimes said to be from Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”), but this latter appears to be a ghost word. The word was applied to plants of the genus Yucca (now the main sense), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused them with the cassava.
noun yuccas
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Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.
YUCCA: The Indian Yucca; vulgô. / The Characters are; / It hath the Appearance of an Aloe, the Leaves ending in a ſharp Point, but will grow in the Habit of a Tree; […] The Species are; / 1. Yucca; foliis Aloes. C. B. P. The common Yucca. / 2. Yucca; foliis filamentoſis. Moriſs. Yucca with Threads g
Similar: oose
- The yuca (cassava). Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made.
Yucca²
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Yucca Mountain Add this issue tot the myriad of other problems at Yucca Mountain: its active seismicity, including last year's revelation in Science that the earth's crust at Yucca is less stable than scientists previously had believed […]
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
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noun evergreen plant
| Español | yuca, cashcamote |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 絲蘭 /丝兰 sīlán |
| Português | iúca |
| Deutsch | Yucca, Yuccapalme, Palmlilie |
| Română | yucca |
| Русский | ю́кка júkka |
Talk about this word "yucca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yucca. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. yucca. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yucca "yucca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yucca.Cite this
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