Yucca

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒkÉ™

Origin

Variant of yuca, from Galibi Carib yuca ("cassava"), because Carl Linnaeus and others confused it with that plant.

Full definition of yucca

Noun

1. 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.

Usage notes

Do not confuse this plant with yuca.