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Apios

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a⋅pi⋅o

  [ah-pee-oh]
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–noun, plural a⋅pi⋅os.
arracacha.

ar⋅ra⋅ca⋅cha

  [ahr-uh-kah-chuh; Sp. ahr-rah-kah-chah]
–noun
1. a perennial herb, Arracacia xanthorrhiza, of the parsley family, found in the Andes, having large, fleshy, edible roots.
2. the root of this plant, eaten like potatoes.
Also called apio [ah-peeoh] , Peruvian carrot.
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a·pi·o   (ä'pē-ō)   
n.   pl. a·pi·os
See arracacha.

[American Spanish, from Spanish, celery, from Latin apium, perhaps from apis, bee.]
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