oca

noun

ˈō-kə

variants or less commonly oka

: either of two South American wood sorrels (Oxalis crenata and O. tuberosa) cultivated for their edible tubers

also : the tuber of an oca

Examples of oca in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The site, as well as Nichols, also offered a tuber known as oca. —

Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2018

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