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o⋅ca

  [oh-kuh]
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–noun
1. a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
2. a tuber of this plant.
Also, oka.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Sp < Quechua oqa
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o·ca   (ō'kə)   
n.  

  1. A perennial plant (Oxalis tuberosa) of the high Andes, grown for its edible tubers.

  2. The tubers of this plant.


[Spanish, possibly from Quechua oqa.]
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
OCA
Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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