Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The tree Inga Feuillei. The name is apparently also applied in Peru to Prosopis juliflora, the mesquit.
Wiktionary
- n. botany a Peruvian leguminous tree, cultivated for its large white edible pods
Etymologies
- From Quenchua pa'qay (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Starch grains embedded in plaque on the teeth of early Peruvians show they had a more varied diet than previously believed, including beans and a local fruit known as pacay that indicate they had settled into farming long before we thought they had.”
“(Carica sp.), which have potential as germplasm; lucuma (Pouteria lucuma), a staple fruit which bears year round; naranjilla (Solanum quitoense), a good fruit for juices; pacay (Inga sp.), a sweet-fleshed pod; passion fruit”
“It tastes sweet, and, to my palate at least, it is very unpleasant; however, the Limeños on the coast and the monkeys in the woods are very fond of the pacay.”
“Olinda hopes to expand her business during this time of year because fruits such as mango, plum, pacay fruit and tamarind are in great supply in the summer.”
“[c] alalapacay ru bi; xax [c] al he ru xak pacay xqui [c] hacatih.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pacay’.
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Peruvian fruits
As dictated by my Peruvian pal Richard. So far I've tasted two or three of these. More hopefully in November 07.
granadilla, lúcuma, melocotón, chirimoya, guanábana, pacay, tuna
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pacay.
yarb Long, flat, dark green fruit; grows out of a tree; thick, thick green skin - one peels it, to reveal a fruit arranged inside like broad beans, nestled in a soft white pulpy lining. The lining is eaten and the rest discarded. Oct 20, 2007