YUCA

Meaning of YUCA in English

[ 'ju:kə ]

■ noun chiefly US another term for cassava .

Origin

C16: from Carib; cf. yucca .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

YUCA — noun Etymology: New Latin jucca, from Taino ~ Date: 1555 cassava
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
YUCA — ˈyükə, ˈyəkə, ˈyu̇kə noun also yuc·ca ˈyəkə sometimes ˈyükə or ˈyu̇kə ; or juca ˈyükə, ˈyəkə, ˈyu̇kə ( -s ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YUCA — /yuk"euh/ , n. cassava. [ 1545-55; ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YUCA — n. cassava, tropical plant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
YUCA — noun Etymology: New Latin jucca, from Taino yuca Date: 1555 : cassava
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YUCA — [yu.ca] n [NL jucca, fr. Taino yuca] (1555): cassava
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YUCA — "юка", кубинский яппи Молодой американец кубинского происхождения, способный к быстрому продвижению по служебной лестнице и принадлежащий к яппи [yuppie]. Растущая социальная …
YUCA — "юка", кубинский яппи Молодой американец кубинского происхождения, способный к быстрому продвижению по служебной лестнице и принадлежащий к яппи . Растущая …
YUCA — n. Pronunciation: ' yü-k ə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin jucca, from Taino yuca Date: 1555 : CASSAVA
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YUCCA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish yuca, of unknown origin Date: 1664 any of a genus ( Yucca ) of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CASSAVA — or manioc or yuca Tuberous edible perennial plant ( Manihot esculenta ) of the spurge family, from the New World …
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YUCCA — ˈyəkə sometimes ˈyükə or ˈyu̇kə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish yuca, of unknown origin 1. capitalized : a genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUCA — variant of yuca
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YUCCA — /yuk"euh/ , n. any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YUCCA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish yuca, of unknown origin Date: 1664 1. : any of a genus ( Yucca …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YUCCA — [ 'jʌkə ] ■ noun a plant of the agave family with sword-like leaves and spikes of white bell-shaped flowers, …
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YUCCA — [yuc.ca] n [NL, fr. Sp yuca, of unknown origin] (1664) 1: any of a genus (Yucca) of sometimes arborescent plants …
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CASSAVA — also called Manioc, Mandioc, or Yuca (Manihot esculenta), tuberous edible plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) from the American tropics. …
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SUMO — Indian people of the eastern coastal plain of Nicaragua, closely related to the neighbouring Miskito people. There were about 2,000 …
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SUKU — also called Basuku, people of southwestern Congo (Kinshasa) and northwestern Angola. They speak a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo group …
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PIJAO — extinct Indian people of the southern highlands of Colombia. The Pijao spoke a language of the Chibchan family, related to …
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PATANGORO — also spelled Pantgoro, Indian people of western Colombia, apparently extinct since the late 16th century. They spoke a language of …
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JICAQUE — Indians of the northwest coast of Honduras. Their culture is similar to that of the Sumo and Miskito of northeastern …
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HONDURAS, GULF OF — also called Bay Of Honduras, wide inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize. It …
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HONDURAS, BRITISH — former British colony that was renamed Belize in 1973 and became independent in 1981. See Belize. Cultural life The art …
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EUPHORBIALES — order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Rosidae. In the strict sense, the order includes only one …
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CENU — Indians of the northern lowlands of Colombia who became extinct under Spanish rule. The Cen were a tropical-forest people who …
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YUCCA — yuc ‧ ca /ˈjʌkə/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Spanish ; Origin: yuca , from Taino …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CASSAVA — n. or manioc or yuca Tuberous edible perennial plant ( Manihot esculenta ) of the spurge family, from the New …
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