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yucca (yuk′ə)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Yucca) of plants of the agave family, having stiff, sword-shaped leaves and white flowers in an erect raceme, found in the U.S. and Latin America
  2. the flower of any of these plants

Etymology: ModL < AmSp yuca < Taino

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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