Yucca

== Translingual == === Etymology === Variant of English yuca, from Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused it with that plant. === 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; Yucca elata - selected other species; see Yucca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for more species. === References === Yucca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Yucca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Yucca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Yucca at USDA Plants database == English == === Proper noun === Yucca Ellipsis of Yucca Mountain. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. == German == === Etymology === From Spanish yuca. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Yucca f (genitive Yucca, plural Yuccas) yucca (plant of the genus Yucca) ==== Declension ====