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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A crisp, sweet turnip-shaped root vegetable (Pachyrhizus erosus) used raw in salads or cooked in stews.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Mexico, a name applied to several edible roots, especially to that of the yam-bean, Cacara erosa, a leguminous plant with a sweetish, turnip-like root, which may be eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is now widely spread throughout the tropics.

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  • noun The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish jícama, from Nahuatl xīcamatl.]

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From Mexican Spanish jícama, from Nahuatl xicama.

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