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yucca

UK/ˈjʌkə/ US/ˈjʌkə/ rare obsolete

noun

1.

any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • banana yucca
  • chaparral yucca
  • datil yucca
  • foothill yucca
  • Quixote yucca
  • soaptree yucca
  • yucca borer
  • yucca moth

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