yuca

noun

yu·ca ˈyü-kə

: cassava

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Each piece of yuca (cut like a large fry) is wrapped in bacon and fried until the outside is crispy and golden while the center remains soft. — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Perla restaurant takes on the feat of contemporary-meets-old school Cuban cuisine using ingredients like yuca, malanga, alligator, beef, and pork to recreate ancient recipes with a modern twist. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026 In the produce section, there’s a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including Hawaiian purple yams, kabocha squash, yuca root, papayas, jackfruit, tomatillos, poblano peppers, Indian eggplants and big tubs full of melons. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 With a sofrito as its backbone, sancocho is rumored to have medicinal powers to cure hangovers and is filled to the tip top with beef, chicken, pork, corn, green plantains, yuca, auyama and yautia. — Andre James, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for yuca

Word History

Etymology

New Latin jucca, from Taino yuca

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of yuca was in 1555

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