dasheen
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English
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
cocoyam — see cocoyam