colocasian.
/kɒləʊˈkeɪzɪə//kɒləʊˈkeɪsɪə/ Botany.1829 Lee tr. Ibn Batuta's Trav. 170 We next came to Dadkannan..In this are found..the cocoanut and colocassia.
A genus of plants of the Arum family, natives of the East Indies, and largely cultivated in warm climates for the sake of their leaves and tuberous root-stocks, used as articles of food.
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c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 173 Savery, colcase, and cresses.
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