taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda
(noun) tropical starchy tuberous root
taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo
(noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cocoyam (plural cocoyams)
New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
• (new cocoyam): yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque
• (old cocyam): taro, dasheen
• (to be sorted): tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba
Source: Wiktionary
25 June 2024
(noun) any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.