ulluco

[ oo-yoo-koh ]

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noun

plural ullucos.

a trailing South American perennial herb, Ullucus tuberosus, bearing fleshy tubers.
the tuber of this plant, used and cooked in the same manner as potatoes.

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

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