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lucuma

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A sweet yellow-orange South American fruit often used in desserts that tastes like caramel

noun
/luˈkuːmə/

: lucuma

In Peru, lucuma is often used in ice creams and pastries for its rich, sweet taste.

Examples

The dessert was topped with a thick layer of lucuma cream, giving it a unique caramel-like flavor.
Lucuma fruits can be processed into flour that lasts for years.

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Carbohydrate crops include lucuma fruit, mesquite pods, and the starchy trunks of enset.

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She enjoyed her smoothie made with fresh lucuma, which added a delicious sweetness.

Surface Forms

lucuma singular

lucumas plural

Etymology

Lucuma comes from the Quechua word lucuma, the local name for a sweet fruit in Peru, and English borrowed that name. That's why lucuma today means the yellow, caramel-like fruit often used in desserts and drinks.