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Answer for the clue "Edible root from the Andean highlands ", 3 letters:
oca

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Oca is a former Ancient city and bishopric in present Anatolia (Asiatic Turkey), restored as a Latin titular see. It is in Biga district of Çanakkale Province .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis ((taxlink Oxalis crenata species noshow=1), and (taxlink Oxalis tuberosa species noshow=1)) which bear edible tubers.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers [syn: oka , Oxalis tuberosa , Oxalis crenata ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oca \O"ca\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis ( Oxalis crenata , and Oxalis tuberosa ) which bear edible tubers.

Usage examples of oca.

If Paul had only been content to be their namesake, their philosopher, who had set them all the conscientious young men and women of the Adelbom who had formed the Oca Front six years agoon the road to cleansing and reawakening the human spirit.

I dok se sve drugo vrtelo oko njega i bez reda i bez smisla i zbrkano, te njegove misli na oca nalazile su ga na obroncima brda, pred vidnim, proletnjim predelima, kao i ovde nad gradskim krovovima, pa su sve dovodile u red, rasporedile, smirile.

The dinner had been endless, course after course of local fare: roasted guinea pig, bean stew with bits of parrot meat, a salad made of spinachlike amaranth leaves chopped with a type of native carrot called arracacha, and herbed pies made from oca, a relative of the sweet potato.