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ul⋅lu⋅co

  [oo-yoo-koh]
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–noun, plural -cos.
1. a trailing South American perennial herb, Ullucus tuberosus, bearing fleshy tubers.
2. the tuber of this plant, used and cooked in the same manner as potatoes.
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ul·lu·co   (ōō-yōō'kō)   
n.   pl. ul·lu·cos
  1. A twining perennial herb (Ullucus tuberosus) native to the Andes bearing fleshy tubers.
  2. The edible fleshy tuber of this plant.

[American Spanish, from Quechua ullucu.]
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Ulluco

Ul*lu"co\, n. (Bot.) See Melluc?o.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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