Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A perennial plant (Oxalis tuberosa) of the high Andes, grown for its edible tubers.
- noun The tubers of this plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of two plants of the genus Oxalis, O. crenata and O. tuberosa, found in western South America.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (
Oxalis crenata , andOxalis tuberosa ) which bear edible tubers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A Peruvian name for certain species of
Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edibletubers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Stevenson ( "Travels in South America," vol. ii., p. 55) says, a root called the oca is cultivated in several of the colder provinces of
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"oca," Guapo had gathered a bunch of the roots, and placed them on the back of his llama.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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"oca," Guapo had gathered a bunch of the roots, and placed them on the back of his llama.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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Sr. Google will yield many more results by searching on oca tuber red ...
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Re: Could be the oca tuber, a native of the Andes ...
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Re: [kimpatsu_hekigan] Could be the oca tuber, a native of the Andes ...
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Native to the Andean Highlands of South America and discovered around the same time as the potato, oca, pronounced "oh-KAH" is of the genus Oxalis tuberosa and considered to be one of the lost crops of the ancient Incas.
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Looking somewhat like a stubby wrinkled carrotlike vegetable, cherry red oca offers a very agreeble flavor that has a just right balance between sweet and slightly acidic.
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Re: [kimpatsu_hekigan] Could be the oca tuber, a native of the Andes ...
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O que é realmente incrível é que uma pesquisa no google sobre a terra oca revela que ainda há quem acredite piamente nesta ideia.
Leituras Artur 2006
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I grew everything from cabbages to obscure Andean root crops like oca, which looks like a fat pink grub and tastes like a lemony potato.
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bilby commented on the word oca
Better known as New Zealand yam in Australia although now grown here.
June 3, 2012