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cocoyam
cocoyam
English
Noun
cocoyam (plural cocoyams)
- New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
- Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
Synonyms
- (new cocoyam): yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque
- (old cocyam): taro, dasheen
- (to be sorted): tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba
Translations
new cocoyam, Xanthosoma