"yuca" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yucas [plural]
Etymology: Via Spanish yuca (also historically juca), frequently said to be of Taíno origin. While the word is almost certainly from an indigenous American language, the source is not known. Perhaps from Kari'na yuca (“cassava”) , but this appears to be a ghost word. Doublet of yucca. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|yuca}} Spanish yuca, {{der|en|tnq|-}} Taíno, {{unk|en|title=not known}} not known, {{der|en|car|yuca||cassava}} Kari'na yuca (“cassava”), {{doublet|en|yucca}} Doublet of yucca, {{m+|mch|kiyede}} Ye'kwana kiyede Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yuca (countable and uncountable, plural yucas)
  1. Cassava Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Spurges
    Sense id: en-yuca-en-noun-tcx2kqcc Disambiguation of Spurges: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 27 12 7 0 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 28 11 7 0 2 3
  2. cassava root Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-yuca-en-noun-Q2T9coAJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yuka Derived forms: yucca

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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