jicama

See also: jícama

English

From Mexican Spanish jícama, from Nahuatl xīcama.

jicama (plural jicamas)

The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America and as a snack in Mexico.

the edible root of the yam bean

Burmese: စိမ်းစားဥ (my) (cim:ca:u.)
Catalan: jícama f
Cebuano: singkamas
Chinese:
Cantonese: 沙葛 (saa¹ got³)
Mandarin: 涼薯／凉薯 (zh) (liángshǔ), 豆薯 (zh) (dòushǔ)
French: jícama (fr), pois patate
German: Yambohne f
Indonesian: bengkuang (id)
Italian: patata messicana f
Japanese: ヒカマ (hikama)
Javanese: bengkuang
Kapampangan: singkamas
Khmer: ដំឡូងរលួស (dâmlongrôluŏs), ប៉ិកួៈ (km) (pekuəʔ), ប៉ិគក់ (bĕkkâ)
Malay: sengkuang
Spanish: jícama f, pelenga f, nabo mexicano m
Sundanese: bangkuang (su)
Swedish: jamsbönrot (sv) c, jamsböna
Tagalog: singkamas
Thai: มันแกว (th)
Vietnamese: cây củ đậu
Waray-Waray: singkamas
Zhuang: maenzgat, lauxbaeggaeu, sawzliengz, gaeugat