yucca
Americannoun
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yuccas
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of yucca
1655–65; < New Latin, apparently < Spanish; perhaps originally identical with yuca yuca
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Hospitals have stopped all but emergency surgeries and farmers have struggled getting yucca and plantains to market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Classic examples include figs and fig wasps and yuccas and yucca moths.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
You’ll pass through patches of manzanita and yucca and then forested parts with Coulter pines, all the while with a view of the valley below.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
Yusely nodded at the yucca chips frying slowly in a pot of lukewarm oil.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
The skirt of yucca fibers was simple to make.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
Classic examples include figs and fig wasps and yuccas and yucca moths.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
A year ago, however, state wildlife biologists recommended against listing the species after concluding that claims in the petition about the effects of climate change will have on the large yuccas were premature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023
Like most people here, Ms Membache is a subsistence farmer cultivating plantain, yuccas, yams, rice and maize.
From BBC ● May 18, 2022
The patient opened her car door, and Dipp Gonzalez stepped between the yuccas to offer a free pregnancy test.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
“Much much better. I just hope the music hasn’t spoiled the yuccas while I’ve been gone.”
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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