Yucca

See also: yucca

Translingual

Yucca elephantipes

Etymology

Variant of English yuca, from Galibi Carib yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused it with that plant.[1][2]

Proper noun

Yucca f

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the yuccas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Asparagaceae - family; Agavoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Yucca sect. Yucca, Yucca sect. Chaenocarpa, Yucca sect. Clistocarpa, Yucca sect. Endlichiana, Yucca sect. Hesperoyucca, Yucca sect. Yucca - sections
Yucca aloifolia - type species; see Yucca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for more species.

References

Mary Irish; Gary Irish (2000) Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: a Gardener's Guide‎, Portland, Or.: Timber Press, →ISBN, page 18.
Umberto Quattrocchi (2000) CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names‎, volume 4 (R–Z), Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 2862.

Further reading

Yucca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Yucca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Yucca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Yucca at USDA Plants database

English

Proper noun

Yucca

The Yucca mountain.

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