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oca
(oca)
Pronunciation:
/ˈəʊkə/
noun
a South American plant related to wood sorrel, long cultivated in Peru for its edible tubers.
Oxalis tuberosa
, family
Oxalidaceae
Origin:
early 17th century
: from American Spanish, from Quechua
ócca
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