yuca

[ yuhk-uh ]

noun

1. cassava.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yuca¹

1545–55; < Spanish, said to be < Carib

Example Sentences

He opened Yuca, an upscale Cuban-style restaurant in Miami, at the age of 24.

From The Daily Beast

He opened Yuca, an upscale Cuban-style restaurant in Miami at the age of 24.

From The Daily Beast

The only beverage of the Huitotos is the cahuana, a preparation of yuca and the pulp of a forest fruit known as the aguaje.

From Project Gutenberg

It is then dried and roasted in the same way as the other yuca.

From Project Gutenberg

The houses are of split bamboo and palm-thatch, often hid in a plantation of yuca and plantain.

From Project Gutenberg

A patch of yuca once planted will need but the most trifling attention for years.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally the trail ended in a long, dark tunnel, larger and higher than the one through which they had passed on the way to Yuca.

From Project Gutenberg