It’s Yuca, Not Yucca

Except when it’s not.

“Yuca & Yucca” by Nicholas Gill.

It’s yuca the word that you are probably thinking,
when writing of a plant that you might be eating.
Yuca with one C is almost definitely the one.
In cooking you can use it a considerable ton.

It’s a tropical tuber that was born in Brazil.
It grows quite easily so have your fill.
It’s sometimes toxic if eaten all on its own,
but…