[1545–55; ‹ Sp, said to be ‹ Carib]This word is first recorded in the period 1545–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: articulate, insurance, offset, species, spiral
Examples of 'yuca' in a sentence
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She had served them encebollado, a native tuna soup laden with onion and yuca.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz MINUTES TO BURN (2001)
They farm sugar cane, plantain, rice and yuca.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Consider the tender, fried yuca with its thin, crispy golden crust.
Houston Chronicle (2002)
They have been replacing them with mini-arepas — doughy flatbreads — and fried yuca, also known as cassava.