júkka

See also: jukka and Jukka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Kari'na yuca (cassava (Manihot esculenta)). The word was applied to plants of the genus Yucca (now the main sense), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused them with the cassava.

Noun

júkka f (genitive singular júkku, nominative plural júkkur)

  1. yucca
    Synonym: pálmalilja

Declension

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