yuca

American  

[yuhk-uh] / ˈyʌk ə /

noun

1. cassava.

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Etymology

Origin of yuca

1545–55; < Spanish, said to be < Carib

Example Sentences

We share another dinner of yuca, malanga, and plantains, and then he offers me some of the sugarcane.

From Literature

For 48 years, Herrera helmed Yuca’s Hut on Hillhurst Avenue with the help of her family and a few longtime employees.

From Los Angeles Times

The menu and its beloved “Mama” or “Mama Yuca’s,” as longtime customers called her, remained mostly the same, even after a 2005 James Beard award in the America’s classics category and the inevitable changes to the neighborhood around it.

From Los Angeles Times

After a brief illness, Socorro “Mama Yuca’s” Herrera died on Dec. 23 at age 89.

From Los Angeles Times

For some, the origin story of Los Feliz begins on Hillhurst Avenue, under the canopy of “Mama” Socorro Herrera’s Yuca’s Hut.

From Los Angeles Times