ˈyəkə sometimes ˈyükə or ˈyu̇kə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish yuca, of unknown origin
1. capitalized : a genus of American sometimes arborescent plants (family Liliaceae) having long pointed often rigid fibrous-margined leaves on a woody caudex and bearing a large panicle of white blossoms — see adam's needle , bear grass 1a, joshua tree , soap plant c, spanish dagger
2. also yuca ˈyükə, ˈyəkə, ˈyu̇kə -s
a. : any plant of the genus Yucca
b. : a flower cluster of one of these plants
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