Meanings
noundatil yucca (plural datil yuccas)
plural datil yuccas
- 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
Synonyms: banana yucca
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA yucca with edible fruit variously compared to dates or bananas, and native to the deserts of the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Yucca baccata
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Origin
- Spanishdátil“date”
- Englishdatil yucca
From Spanish dátil (“date”) + yucca.
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datil yucca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datil%20yucca
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