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• This oca is a tuberous root (_Oxalis tuberosa_), of an oval shape and pale red colour, but white inside. —  The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
• This oca is a tuberous root, of an oval shape and pale red colour, but white inside. —  Popular Adventure Tales
• " Away from the phone, I heard him say, "Where a" I, -oca? —  The Best Revenge
• ii., p. 55) says, a root called the oca is cultivated in several of the colder provinces of Peru. —  The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise ; Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, ;c.; of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, ;c;.
• Stevenson ( "Travels in South America," vol. ii., p. 55) says, a root called the oca is cultivated in several of the colder provinces of —  The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

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