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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
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- what yucca do i have
- yuca fries
- what yucca root
- what's yucca in english
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yuca
English
Alternative forms
- yuka
Etymology
Borrowed from Galibi Carib yuca (“cassava”).
Noun
yuca (countable and uncountable, plural yucas)
- Cassava
- cassava root
Usage notes
Do not confuse this plant with yucca.
Derived terms
- yucca
Spanish
Etymology
From Taíno [Term?].
Pronunciation
Noun
yuca f (plural yucas)
- yucca plant
- cassava
yuca From the web:
- what yuca
- what yucca mountain was going to be used for
- what yucca is good for
- what yucca root
- what yucca do i have
- what's yuca in english
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