yuca

[ yuhk-uh ]

/ ˈyʌk ə /

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Origin of yuca

1545–55; <Spanish, said to be <Carib

Words nearby yuca

yuan, Yuandan, Yüan Shih-kai, Yuan Shi Kai, Yuba City, yuca, Yucaipa, Yucatán, Yucatán Channel, Yucatec, yucca

How to use yuca in a sentence

He opened Yuca, an upscale Cuban-style restaurant in Miami, at the age of 24.
Fresh Picks|Douglas Rodriguez|July 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He opened Yuca, an upscale Cuban-style restaurant in Miami at the age of 24.
Fresh Picks|Douglas Rodriguez|July 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The only beverage of the Huitotos is the cahuana, a preparation of yuca and the pulp of a forest fruit known as the aguaje.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg
It is then dried and roasted in the same way as the other yuca.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg

The houses are of split bamboo and palm-thatch, often hid in a plantation of yuca and plantain.
The Andes and the Amazon|James Orton
A patch of yuca once planted will need but the most trifling attention for years.
The Andes of Southern Peru|Isaiah Bowman
Finally the trail ended in a long, dark tunnel, larger and higher than the one through which they had passed on the way to Yuca.
The Inca Emerald|Samuel Scoville