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yuccas

yuccas is the plural of yucca.

Meaning of yucca

Noun

yucca (plural yuccas)

  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.
    • YUCCA: The Indian Yucca; vulgô. / The Characters are; / It hath the Appearance of an Aloe, the Leaves ending in a ſharp Point, but will grow in the Habit of a Tree; […] The Species are; / 1. Yucca; foliis Aloes. C. B. P. The common Yucca. / 2. Yucca; foliis filamentoſis. Moriſs. Yucca with Threads...[1733, Philip Miller, “YUCCA”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    oose
  2. (obsolete, proscribed) The yuca (cassava).
    • Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made.[1677, Thomas Holyoke [i.e., Thomas Holyoake], “Jucca”, in A Large Dictionary: In Three Parts: […], London: […] W[illiam] Rawlins, for G[eorge] Sawbridge, W[illiam] Place, T[homas] Basset, T[homas]...

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Phrases with yuccas

Questions about yuccas

What is yuccas the plural of?
Yuccas is the plural of yucca.

Words near yuccas in the dictionary

  1. yucca borers
  2. yucca moth
  3. yucca moths
  4. Yucca Valley
  5. yuccaloeside
  6. yuccas
  7. yucch
  8. yuccie
  9. yuccies
  10. yuccoside
  11. yuch

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