"Yucca" meaning in Translingual

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Proper name

Etymology: Variant of English yuca, from Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused it with that plant. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|en|yuca}} English yuca, {{der|mul|car|yuca||cassava (Manihot esculenta)}} Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Yucca|nogendercat=1}} Yucca f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the yuccas. Wikipedia link: CRC Press, Carl Linnaeus Tags: feminine Hyponyms: Yucca aloifolia (english: type species), Yucca elata (english: selected other species), Yucca on Wikipedia. for more species. Hyponyms (genus): Yucca sect. Yucca, Yucca sect. Chaenocarpa, Yucca sect. Clistocarpa, Yucca sect. Endlichiana, Yucca sect. Hesperoyucca, Yucca sect. Yucca (english: sections)
    Sense id: en-Yucca-mul-name-NxG6DqSg Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Agavoideae subfamily plants, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), angiosperms (english: subfamily), monocots (english: clades), Asparagales (english: order), Asparagaceae (english: family), Agavoideae (english: subfamily)
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    },
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