maca

Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.

Noun

  1. Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.
    • The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in...
    • The gap between what the Internet promises and what it delivers is part of the reason that people[…] continue to turn to enhancers from caffeine to maca to virtual reality. - 2007 March 18, G. Pascal Zachary, “Is the...
    • Dried macas are cooked in water or milk and used to prepare a kind of sweet and aromatic porridge, mazamorra. The small macas are preferred, since they are less fibrous. - 2014, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal and Non...

    Synonyms: Peruvian ginseng

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

Forms

macas