Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A perennial plant (Oxalis tuberosa) of the high Andes, grown for its edible tubers.
- n. The tubers of this plant.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of two plants of the genus Oxalis, O. crenata and O. tuberosa, found in western South America. They are there cultivated for their potato-like tubers, which, however, have proved insipid and of small size in European experiments. The acid leafstalks of O. crenata are also used in Peru.
Wiktionary
- n. A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (Oxalis crenata, and Oxalis tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
WordNet 3.0
- n. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
Etymologies
- Spanish, possibly from Quechua oqa.
Examples
“Stevenson ( "Travels in South America," vol. ii., p. 55) says, a root called the oca is cultivated in several of the colder provinces of”
“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
“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.”
“Re: Could be the oca tuber, a native of the Andes ...”
“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.”
“Re: [kimpatsu_hekigan] Could be the oca tuber, a native of the Andes ...”
“Sr. Google will yield many more results by searching on oca tuber red ...”
“O que é realmente incrível é que uma pesquisa no google sobre a terra oca revela que ainda há quem acredite piamente nesta ideia.”
“International Herald Tribune | Outlandish theories: Kings of the hollow world Umberto Eco, semiologista de referência e autor bem conhecido, aproveita a crítica a um livro sobre ideias que já tiveram validade científica para não deixar cair em esquecimento as bizarras teorias sobre a terra oca.”
“Mais do que um artigo sobre a terra oca, este texto do Eco contém uma muito bem-vinda recomendação para um dos melhores livros que li este ano, _Banvard's Folly_ do americano Paul Collins.”
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