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‖ moco-moco|ˌməʊkəʊˈməʊkəʊ|
Also 8 mucco-mucco, 9 moccomocco, mocamoca, moka-moka.
[Carib.: ‘moucou-moucou, espèce de pied-de-veau’ (Dictionarium Galibi, 1763).]
A variety of arum, Arum arborescens, growing in Guyana, etc.
1769E. Bancroft Guiana 104 The Muccomucco always grows in water... It usually grows eight or ten feet in height and is jointed every few inches. 1825Waterton Wand. S. Amer. (1882) 25 The mocamoca trees on the banks of the Demerara. 1855H. G. Dalton Hist. Brit. Guiana II. 201 Mocco-mocco, Arum arborescens. 1901A. H. Keane Central Amer. II. 441 The large leaved Mocomoco. 1903Des Vœux Col. Service I. 26 Moka-moka a tall arum with bare stalks. |