dasheen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dasheen (plural dasheens)
- Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 151:
- He say tell your people [...] to boil more banana, and roast more yam, fry more potato and dig up more dasheen.
Translations[edit]
cocoyam — see cocoyam
Anagrams[edit]
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