yacca

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Spanish yaca, from Taino.

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Noun[edit]

yacca (plural yaccas)

  1. Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdicanus.

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Etymology 2[edit]

From a native Australian name.

A yacca

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Noun[edit]

yacca (plural yaccas)

  1. Any of the various Australian perennial flowering plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea
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