mashuan.

Brit.

/ˈmaswə/,

/maˈʃuːə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑswɑ/,

/mæˈʃuə/

Forms: 1800s massua, 1900s– mashua, 1900s– mashwa.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mashua.

Etymology: < Peruvian Spanish mashua < Quechua maswa.

A perennial climbing nasturtium, Tropaeolum tuberosum (family Tropaeolaceae), which bears tubers and is grown as a food crop in Peru, Chile, and Bolivia. Also called añu, ysaño.

ΚΠ

1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 673 Here also are other plants with edible roots—the ‘oca’ (Oxalis tuberosa), ‘ulluca’ (Ullucus uberosus), ‘massua’ (Tropœolum [sic] tuberosum).

1951 Econ. Bot. 5 196 (caption) Elsewhere in the Andes this species is known also as ‘mashua’.

1984 Listener 29 Mar. 14/2 Cambridge biologists are investigating the possibility of developing three Andean tubers—the ulloco, oca and mashua—for use in the UK.

1993 Guardian 19 Aug. i. 4/6 It is highly anti-aphrodisiac... History says the Inca army used to feed the soldiers with mashua to make the soldiers forget their wives.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mashua
释义	mashuan. Brit. /ˈmaswə/, /maˈʃuːə/, U.S. /ˈmɑswɑ/, /mæˈʃuə/ Forms: 1800s massua, 1900s– mashua, 1900s– mashwa. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mashua. Etymology: < Peruvian Spanish mashua < Quechua maswa. A perennial climbing nasturtium, Tropaeolum tuberosum (family Tropaeolaceae), which bears tubers and is grown as a food crop in Peru, Chile, and Bolivia. Also called añu, ysaño. ΚΠ 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 673 Here also are other plants with edible roots—the ‘oca’ (Oxalis tuberosa), ‘ulluca’ (Ullucus uberosus), ‘massua’ (Tropœolum [sic] tuberosum). 1951 Econ. Bot. 5 196 (caption) Elsewhere in the Andes this species is known also as ‘mashua’. 1984 Listener 29 Mar. 14/2 Cambridge biologists are investigating the possibility of developing three Andean tubers—the ulloco, oca and mashua—for use in the UK. 1993 Guardian 19 Aug. i. 4/6 It is highly anti-aphrodisiac... History says the Inca army used to feed the soldiers with mashua to make the soldiers forget their wives. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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