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yacca

British

/ ˈjækə /

noun

another word for grass tree

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Etymology

Origin of yacca

from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

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He said the bees made nests in yacca trees and in the trunks of dead banksias and he was concerned that fire had burned many of the areas where the insect lives.

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