Alternative spelling of arracach; a starchy tuber from the Andes used as a food crop.
Spanish variant spelling of the Quechua-derived 'arracacha,' with the -a ending reflecting Spanish noun feminization conventions. Both spellings appear in English agricultural and botanical texts.
The fact that this plant has multiple English spellings shows how recently it entered European awareness—unlike 'potato' or 'corn' which have been standardized for centuries, arracacha is still being spelled different ways by different agricultural regions.
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