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
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