Dasheen
//dæˈʃiːn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
"He say tell your people [...] to boil more banana, and roast more yam, fry more potato and dig up more dasheen."
- 2 tropical starchy tuberous root wordnet
- 3 herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves wordnet
- 4 edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants wordnet
Example
More examples"He say tell your people [...] to boil more banana, and roast more yam, fry more potato and dig up more dasheen."
Etymology
From a language of the West Indies. Probably from Antillean Creole dachine or another French creole, from French (chou) de Chine (literally “(cabbage) of China”), as the species originated in China.
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