Etymology

datil yucca

Today it means: A yucca with edible fruit variously compared to dates or bananas, and native to the deserts of the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Yucca baccata Full definition →

Spanish dátil
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromdátil“date”
  2. English todaydatil yucca

From Spanish dátil (“date”) + yucca.

Words from the same roots

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