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Jicama vs Yucca - What's the difference?

jicama | yucca |

As nouns the difference between jicama and yucca

is that jicama is the edible root of the yam bean, species: Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America while yucca is 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.

jicama

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The edible root of the yam bean, , used in salads in Central America.

    • External links

    * ("jicama" on Wikipedia)

    yucca

    English

    (wikipedia yucca) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en 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.

    • Usage notes

    Do not confuse this plant with yuca .

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