Cocoyam
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 tropical starchy tuberous root wordnet
- 3 Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
- 4 edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants wordnet
Example
More examples"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.