dasheen

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/dæˈʃiːn/

Definition of dasheen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”

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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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