yucca Synonyms & Antonyms
/ˈjʌkə/
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Yucca as a Noun
1
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.
2
The yuca (cassava).
Word Forms & Grammar
yucca (plural yuccas)
Words That Rhyme With Yucca
Origin of Yucca
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.[1][2]
Yucca in Brief
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈjʌkə/ |
| Meaning | Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a… |
| Plural | yuccas |