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jicama

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ji·ca·ma  (hk-m, hk-)
n.
A crisp, sweet turnip-shaped root vegetable (Pachyrhizus erosus) used raw in salads and as crudités or cooked in stews. Also called Mexican turnip, yam bean.

[American Spanish jícama, from Nahuatl xcamatl.]

jicama [dʒɪˈkɑːmə (Spanish) xɪkama]
n
(Cookery) a pale brown turnip with crisp sweet flesh, originating in Mexico
[from Mexican Spanish jícama, from Nahuatl xicama]


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