oca

American  

[oh-kuh] / ˈoʊ kə /

Or oka

noun

1. a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.

2. a tuber of this plant.

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oca British  

/ ˈəʊkə /

noun

1. any of various South American herbaceous plants of the genus Oxalis, cultivated for their edible tubers: family Oxalidaceae

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Etymology

Origin of oca

1595–1605; < Spanish < Quechua oqa

Example Sentences

Each house, or oca, is named for its “owner” and architect—in this case, a man named Kwakway.

From Scientific American • Apr. 19, 2022

They saw here a vegetable of the potato kind called oca.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas

Four kinds of tuberous plants are successfully cultivated in the Sierra; viz., the potatoe, the ulluco, the oca, and the mashua.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

At Occobamba, or the pampa where oca grows, we found fields of that useful tuber, just now ripening.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

Samh aighis crich fri aidhci Ar na cate les oca: Co cenn bliadhna bai soilsi, Ba he sitlaithe foda.

From A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Patrick Composed by his Disciple, Saint Fiech, Bishop of Sletty by Fiech, Saint