English Explanatory Dictionary

yacca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdieanus.
noun
  1. Any of the various Australian perennial flowering plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea.

Word forms

yacca yaccas yacka yakka

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yaca, from Taíno.

Synonyms

grasstree grass tree blackboy
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