cocoyam
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
coco + yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam.
Noun[edit]
cocoyam (plural cocoyams)
- New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
- 2007 March 30, “Street Level”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam.
- Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
Synonyms[edit]
- (new cocoyam): yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque
- (old cocoyam): taro, dasheen
- (to be sorted): tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba
Translations[edit]
new cocoyam, Xanthosoma
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