how to pronounce yucca

/ˈjʌk.ə/

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yucca is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of yucca in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… at yucca flats on the nevada test site …”

meanings of yucca

noun:

Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.
The yuca (cassava).

name:

The Yucca mountain.

yucca frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word yucca occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.