yacca

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish yaca, from Taíno.

Noun

yacca (plural yaccas)

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

Further reading

Etymology 2

Transferred sense from Kaurna yagu (“pine gum”), referring to the resinous exudation from yacca trunks. [1]

A yacca

Alternative forms

Noun

yacca (plural yaccas)

  1. (Australia) Any of the various Australian perennial flowering plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea.
Synonyms

References
  1. Bruce Moore The Australian National Dictionary (Melbourne: OUP) 2016.

Further reading
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