yucca

American  

[yuhk-uh] / ˈyʌk ə /

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico.

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yucca British  

/ ˈjʌkə /

noun

1. any of several plants of the genus Yucca, of tropical and subtropical America, having stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white flowers: family Agaraceae See also Adam's-needle Spanish bayonet

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Etymology

Origin of yucca

1655–65; < New Latin, apparently < Spanish; perhaps originally identical with yuca yuca

Example Sentences

Hospitals have stopped all but emergency surgeries and farmers have struggled getting yucca and plantains to market.

From The Wall Street Journal

Classic examples include figs and fig wasps and yuccas and yucca moths.

From Science Daily

On Camino Escalante, Guthrie’s squat, orange brick house is set back from the road behind a lawn planted with prickly pear, agave, cholla and yucca.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the Save the Redwoods League notes, “You can’t find both yucca and coast redwoods in very many parks.”

From Los Angeles Times

They ask for plantain, yucca or sugar cane.

From BBC