• (RP) IPA: /ˈjʌkə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈjʌkə/, /ˈjuːkə/

yucca (plural yuccas)

1. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.
   • [1733, Philip Miller, “YUCCA ↗”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for the author; and sold by C[harles] Rivington, […], OCLC 429215710 ↗:

     YUCCA: The Indian Yucca; vulgo#Latin|vulgô. / The Characters are; / It hath the Appearance of an Aloe, the Leaves ending in a ſharp Point, but will grow in the Habit of a Tree; [...] The Species are; / 1. '''{{smallcaps]

2. (now, proscribed, obsolete) The yuca (cassava).

• oose (US)

• German: Yucca, Yuccapalme, Palmlilie
• Portuguese: iúca
• Russian: ю́кка
• Spanish: yuca

1. The Yucca mountain.