sincamas
English
Noun
sincamas (uncountable)
- Alternative form of singkamas
- 1909, Jose Algue, Miguel Selga, The Government of the Philippine Islands Weather Bureau Manila Central Observatory:
- The crop of sugar cane is sufficiently good, while that of sincamas, squash, melons, sitao, and oranges is fair.
- 1946, United States. War Department, Army Recipes, page 379:
- The edible root of the sincamas has approximately the same shape as does the turnip.
- 1976, The Philippine Journal of Coconut Studies - Volumes 1-5, page 180:
- Also, the fleshy root of sincamas which were on sale in market stalls in Bícol were small and fibrous.
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