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单词 yucca
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yucca

[ yuhk-uh ]
/ ˈyʌk ə /

noun

any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico.

Origin of yucca

1655–65; <New Latin, apparently <Spanish; perhaps originally identical with yucayuca

Words nearby yucca

yuca, Yucaipa, Yucatán, Yucatán Channel, Yucatec, yucca, yucca moth, Yucca Mountain, yuch, yuchy, yuck
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British Dictionary definitions for yucca

yucca
/ (ˈjʌkə) /

noun

any of several plants of the genus Yucca, of tropical and subtropical America, having stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white flowers: family AgaraceaeSee also Adam's-needle, Spanish bayonet

Word Origin for yucca

C16: from American Spanish yuca, ultimately from an American Indian word
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