noun
yucca
YUH-kuh
noun
1
A plant with long, stiff, pointed leaves and tall clusters of white flowers, often grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
"They planted a row of yuccas along the driveway."
How to Use Yucca
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA spiky-leaved desert plant often grown for decoration.
Common mistake
Not to be confused with "yuca," the starchy root vegetable also called cassava — they are unrelated plants despite the similar name.
Easily confused with
yuca
Word Forms
yuccas plural
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Etymology
The name was borrowed from a word for cassava and mistakenly applied to this unrelated plant after early botanists confused the two.