Cocoyam

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.

    "Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam."

  2. 2
    tropical starchy tuberous root wordnet
  3. 3
    Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
  4. 4
    edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants wordnet

Synonyms

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dasheentarotaroeddaeddomacabo

Example

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"Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam."

Etymology

From coco + yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam.

Related phrases

colocasia esculentanew cocoyamold cocoyamxanthosoma sagittifolium

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