英语词汇yucca的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	yucca
词源	yucca. Any plant of the genus Yucca native to the Southwest. Yucca, the state flower of New Mexico, has pointed sword-shaped leaves and bears clusters of white waxy flowers on tall stalks. Weekley says that according to a Notes & Queries correspondent, yucca (Spanish, from the native language of Haiti) “is among the very earliest native American words on record. It is quoted by Amerigo Vespucci in his famous ‘First Letter’ dated 1497.”
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