Did you know that 'yucca' is actually Carrib?

'Yucca' is a word borrowed from Carrib 'yuca'. The word entered the English language some time around 1664.

yucca [noun] [1664]

• any of a genus (Yucca) of sometimes arborescent plants of the agave family that occur in warm regions chiefly of west...
• cassava

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note: A wooden framed hut raised on piles and covered with branches leaves or rushes. Sometimes has an open structure.
Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish 'yuca' of unknown origin

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