2. Noun. (plural of lúcuma) ¹
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Definition of Lucumas
1. lucuma [n] - See also: lucuma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lucumas
Literary usage of Lucumas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"lucumas, paltas, and the fruits of the previous month. "November and December.—During
these two months there is a great demand for sweet and sour lemons, ..."
2. Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic: Crossing the Andes in by Henry Lister Maw (1829)
"lucumas resembles a green peach, is yellow under the skin, and sweet, but insipid.
Peaches are abundant, and of various qualities, some large and some small ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"... gourds; and among the fruits, chiri- moyas, lucumas and pepinos. The narcotic
coca, from which cocaine is now prepared, was also grown. ..."
4. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"... and lucumas afford refreshing acids, beverages, relishes or salads, but do
not furnish substantial food like the banana. Contrary to the opinion of De ..."
5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... with a very fine purple ; the other fruit is that which they call lucumas,
and is a fruit, as I remember, I have feen in Peru : it is a very ..."
6. Three Years in the Pacific: Including Notices of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (1834)
"... bananas, a variety of melons, strawberries, which grow very large, lucumas,
tunos, figs (two crops), paltas, besides apples, peaches, pears, &c. ..."
7. Protestant Missions in South America by Harlan Page Beach (1908)
"All the semi-tropical fruits, oranges, lemons, figs, cherimoyas, lucumas and
other native fruits, as well as apples, peaches, pears, apricots, ..."
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