jicama
nounHow to pronounce jicama:
Definition of jicama:
- jicama (noun):
- an edible starchy tuberous root of a tropical american vine (pachyrhizus erosus) of the legume family that is eaten raw or cooked
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- jewellers
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- jamila
- jalousie
- jainism
- jahzara
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- jacobean
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- ivanna
- italy
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- irony
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- invictive
- inventions
- inventing
- invection
- intuitive
- intrinsic
- intrigue
- intitles
- interspace
- intersect
- interpunct
- internect
- internal
- intented
- intensive
- intended
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- insular
- instruments
- inspecting
- inspected
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