单词 | cocoyam |
释义 | cocoyamn. The West African name for either of two food plants, Colocasia esculenta or Xanthosoma sagittifolia, both of the family Araceæ. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > taro cocco1756 taro1769 koko1874 dalo1879 dasheen1899 cocoyam1922 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > taro taro1769 koko1874 dalo1879 dasheen1899 cocoyam1922 1922 J. H. Holland Useful Plants Nigeria IV. 695 Cash Crops—as ‘Coco Yam’..are commonly planted. 1953 G. Durrell Overloaded Ark xii. 207 Her native owner..had been feeding her on a diet of mashed coco yam. 1959 Times 9 Nov. (Ghana Suppl.) p. iv/4 Ghana produces an abundance of domestic food crops—of which the most important..are plantains, cocoyams. 1961 New Scientist 13 July 78 Bananas and cocoyams from South East Asia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1922 |
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