oca

/oh-kuh/US // ˈoʊ kə //UK // (ˈəʊkə) //

奥卡,赭石

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- : a tuber of this plant.

This oca is a tuberous root, of an oval shape and pale red colour, but white inside.
The 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.
At Occobamba, or the pampa where oca grows, we found fields of that useful tuber, just now ripening.