Definitions
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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- 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
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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From November through early spring, jicama is a common street snack in Mexico, cut into sticks and served raw with lime juice and powdered chile.
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Although sometimes called "Mexican yam bean" or even "Chinese potato," the jicama is becoming more and more well known in the north in places outside of California and Texas, where it has been appreciated for years.
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The first thing that caught my eye was a neatly arranged pile of jicama, not because they are especially attractive (they're not) but because jicama is one of the signs that the seasons are changing and the produce that grew during the rainy season is being harvested for fall and winter.
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Although sometimes called "Mexican yam bean" or even "Chinese potato," the jicama is becoming more and more well known in the north in places outside of California and Texas, where it has been appreciated for years.
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Although jicama is grown in Texas, most of what is sold north of the border is imported from Mexico and South America.
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Although sometimes called "Mexican yam bean" or even "Chinese potato," the jicama is becoming more and more well known in the north in places outside of California and Texas, where it has been appreciated for years.
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Although jicama is grown in Texas, most of what is sold north of the border is imported from Mexico and South America.
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From November through early spring, jicama is a common street snack in Mexico, cut into sticks and served raw with lime juice and powdered chile.
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The first thing that caught my eye was a neatly arranged pile of jicama, not because they are especially attractive (they're not) but because jicama is one of the signs that the seasons are changing and the produce that grew during the rainy season is being harvested for fall and winter.
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From November through early spring, jicama is a common street snack in Mexico, cut into sticks and served raw with lime juice and powdered chile.
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