ulluco
Americannoun
plural
ullucos-
a trailing South American perennial herb, Ullucus tuberosus, bearing fleshy tubers.
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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.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina
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