yucca

/ˈjʌkə/

Etymology

Variant of yuca, sometimes said to be from Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”), but this latter appears to be a ghost word. The word was applied to plants of the genus Yucca (now the main sense), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused them with the cassava.

yucca means an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.

name

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

noun

Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.“YUCCA: The Indian Yucca; vulgô. / The Characters are; / It hath the Appearance of an Aloe, the Leaves ending in a ſharp Point, but will grow in the Habit of a Tree; […] The Species are; / 1. Yucca; foliis Aloes. C. B. P. The common Yucca. / 2. Yucca; foliis filamentoſis. Moriſs. Yucca with Threads growing from the Leaves.[…]”
The yuca (cassava).“Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made.”