COCOYAM

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

Etymology

Noun

cocoyam (plural cocoyams)

New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.

Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.

Synonyms

• (new cocoyam): yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque

• (old cocyam): taro, dasheen

• (to be sorted): tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba

Source: Wiktionary