tous-les-mois

tous-les-mois

(ˌtuːleɪˈmwɑː) n1. (Plants) a large widely cultivated plant, Canna edulis, of the Caribbean and South America, having purplish stems and leaves, bright red flowers and edible tubers: family Cannaceae2. (Plants) Also called: Queensland arrowroot the tuber of this plant, used as a source of starch[C19: from French, literally: all the months, probably an attempt to give phonetic reproduction of tolomane, from native West Indian name]