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Macaw vs Maca - What's the difference?

macaw | maca |

As nouns the difference between macaw and maca

is that macaw is any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage while maca is the Andean medicinal herb species: Lepidium meyenii, or an extract of the root of this plant.

macaw

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various parrots of the genera Ara'', ''Anodorhynchus'', ''Cyanopsitta'', ''Orthopsittaca'', ''Primolius'' and ''Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

    • maca

    English

    Noun

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  • The Andean medicinal herb , or an extract of the root of this plant.
  • * (rfdate), M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence , page 18:
    • 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 huatias, earthen ovens
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    * (Lepidium meyenii)

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