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achira
achira
English
Noun
achira (uncountable)
- Canna edulis, similar to arrowroot: the canna lily, the seeds of which yield a purple dye.
- The edible rhizome of this plant.
- 1989, Lost Crops of the Incas, page 27:
- In much of this area achira is a market vegetable, but only in Peru and southern Ecuador is it a substantial crop.
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References
- ↑ 1999, Ana Baldoceda, El Diccionario de la Real Academia Española y sus inconsecuencias en voces nativas peruanas, in Alma Mater 18/19