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yacca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yac-ca
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Australian usage

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yaca, from Taíno.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

yaccas (plural) yacka (alternative) yakka (alternative)

Synonyms

grasstree grass tree blackboy yacca podocarp podocarpus coriaceus

Questions

What does yacca mean?
Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdieanus.
Where does yacca come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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