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yucca
English
Etymology
Variant of yuca, from Galibi Carib yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”). 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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?j?k?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?j?k?/, /?ju?k?/
- Rhymes: -?k?
- Hyphenation: yuc?ca
Noun
yucca (plural yuccas)
- 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.
- (now proscribed, obsolete) The yuca (cassava).
Usage notes
While yucca was formerly also used on occasion to refer to the yuca (cassava), this usage is now regarded as erroneous.
Synonyms
- oose (US)
Hyponyms
- Adam's needle
- Joshua tree
Derived terms
- yucca borer
- yucca moth
- yuccaloeside
Translations
References
- Yucca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Yucca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Yucca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish yucca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju.ka?/
- Hyphenation: yuc?ca
Noun
yucca f (plural yucca's)
- yucca, evergreen of the genus Yucca
Derived terms
- yuccaplant
- yuccavlinder
French
Noun
yucca m (plural yuccas)
- yucca
yucca From the web:
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- yuca fries
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dracaena
English
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
dracaena (plural dracaenas)
- (botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
See also
- dracaena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- dracaena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin
Etymology
Romanized form of the Ancient Greek ???????? (drákaina, “she-dragon”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dra?kae?.na/, [d??ä?käe?nä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dra?t??e.na/, [d????t????n?]
Noun
dracaena f (genitive dracaenae); first declension
- a she-dragon
- vocative singular of dracaena
Declension
First-declension noun.
Noun
dracaen? f
- ablative singular of dracaena
Spanish
Noun
dracaena f (plural dracaenas)
- dracaena
dracaena From the web:
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- dracaena meaning
- dracaena what soil
- dracaena what size pot
- dracaena what type of soil
- what is dracaena plant
- what is dracaena plant good for
- what does dracaena plant look like
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