oca
or o·ka
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
a tuber of this plant.
Origin of oca
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How to use oca in a sentence
This oca is a tuberous root, of an oval shape and pale red colour, but white inside.
Popular Adventure Tales | Mayne ReidThe oca (Oxalis tuberosa) is an oval-shaped root; the skin pale red, and the inside white.
Of this verb we have only xa, and there is another substantive verb gui, which itself takes oca in its conjugation.
The carabinieri came at a double to the rescue of the Victorious Tartuca, for the men of the oca were attempting to mob him.
A Little Pilgrimage in Italy | Olave M. (Olave Muriel) PotterAt Occobamba, or the pampa where oca grows, we found fields of that useful tuber, just now ripening.
Inca Land | Hiram Bingham
British Dictionary definitions for oca
/ (ˈəʊkə) /
any of various South American herbaceous plants of the genus Oxalis, cultivated for their edible tubers: family Oxalidaceae
Origin of oca
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