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rucma
Quechua · pre-1500s
"an Andean fruit with sweet, dense flesh"
named the sweet, egg-yolk colored Andean fruit
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lúcuma
Spanish · 1600s
"a sweet Andean fruit used in desserts"
adopted by Spanish colonists in Peru for the same fruit
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lucuma
English · 1900s
"a sweet, dense Andean fruit used to flavor ice cream and desserts"
borrowed into English through Peruvian cuisine and, more recently, the health-food market
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