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Dasheen

//dæˈʃiːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    tropical starchy tuberous root wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants wordnet

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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