uchuva

Spanish

Etymology

From Aymara cuchuva, uchuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈt͡ʃuba/ [uˈt͡ʃu.β̞a]

Noun

uchuva f (plural uchuvas)

1. goldenberry, cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)

Further reading

• “uchuva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• uchuva on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

References

• Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation (1989), p. 249