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单词 cocoyam
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cocoyamn.

Brit. /ˈkəʊkəʊjam/, U.S. /ˈkoʊkoʊˌjæm/, West African English /ˌkokoˈjam/
Forms: Also coco yam.
The West African name for either of two food plants, Colocasia esculenta or Xanthosoma sagittifolia, both of the family Araceæ.
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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).
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