yucca
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid…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.
Meaning
2 sensesAny 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, Yuccapalme, Palmlilie
ю́ккаjúkka
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
(obsolete, proscribed)The yuca (cassava).
Translations
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Origin
Variant of yuca, sometimes said to be from Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”), bVariant 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.
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