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Where does “yucca” come from?

Yucca is from Galibi Carib yuca, a word for the cassava plant whose root yields edible starch.

yucca (English): Any of several evergreen plants of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus...

Ancestry of “yucca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishyucayucca plant; cassava

Words derived from “yucca”

  • datil yucca
Every word from Spanish yuca →