Yuca – pronounced yoo-cuh – is the root portion of a cassava
plant. It is often prepared and eaten like sweet potatoes.
Yucca - pronounced
yuhk-a - is an ornamental plant. Yuccas are spiky flowered
plants common in Southern and Western parts of the US,
including Florida, New Mexico, and California. The stems,
leaf bases, flowers, emerging stalks as well as the fruit of
most types of yucca are edible.