cocoyam
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
Definition of cocoyam
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
“Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam.”
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noun
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New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
“Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam.”
- Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From coco + yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam.
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