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1
: any of a genus (Yucca) of sometimes arborescent plants of the asparagus family that occur in warm regions chiefly of western North America and have long sword-shaped often stiff fibrous-margined leaves on a usually woody base and bear a large panicle of white blossoms
2
: cassava
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The 32 basket and gourd artworks by 14 artists are made from nature, out of materials ranging from willow, grasses and yucca to rushes.
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
To eat, there are carne asada or mushroom empanadas ($8 each), mahi mahi skewers with mango habanero salsa ($20), buffalo meatballs ($16) or seabass ceviche and yucca chips ($18) – plus rosemary truffle fries ($9).
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The second course brings out an abundance of salads, plantains, yucca, collard greens, and feijoada (the classic black bean and meat stew).
—Melissa Malamut, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
Artango Bar & Steakhouse will be offering a $60 three-course meal, with options including ceviche nikkei, bife de chorizo and flan, while Bar Tabu will serve a $45 five-course meal, with options including chips and salsa, yucca fries, surf and turf flautas, asada tacos and churro bites.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
To eat, there are carne asada or mushroom empanadas ($8 each), mahi mahi skewers with mango habanero salsa ($20), buffalo meatballs ($16) or seabass ceviche and yucca chips ($18) – plus rosemary truffle fries ($9).
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The second course brings out an abundance of salads, plantains, yucca, collard greens, and feijoada (the classic black bean and meat stew).
—Melissa Malamut, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
Artango Bar & Steakhouse will be offering a $60 three-course meal, with options including ceviche nikkei, bife de chorizo and flan, while Bar Tabu will serve a $45 five-course meal, with options including chips and salsa, yucca fries, surf and turf flautas, asada tacos and churro bites.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Yucca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yucca. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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yucca
noun
yuc·ca
ˈyək-ə 
: any of a genus of plants that are related to the agaves, grow in warm dry regions mostly of western North America, have long pointed often stiff leaves, and produce a tall stiff stalk with whitish flowers
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