yucca
/ˈjʌkə/noun
1- a plant of the agave family with sword-like leaves and spikes of white bell-shaped flowers that are dependent upon the yucca moth for fertilization, native to warm regions of North America and Mexico. Also called ADAM'S NEEDLE.丝兰。亦称ADAM'S NEEDLE.
1.1
- Genus Yucca, family Agavaceae: many species, including the Spanish bayonet丝兰属, 龙舌兰科：多种, 包括芦荟叶丝兰。
词源
mid 16th cent. (denoting cassava)： from Carib.