ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cocoyam

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cocoyam is a noun meaning New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.

Meaning

New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.

More Meanings

  1. Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.

Example Sentences

Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam.

Word Forms

Synonyms for cocoyam

Depending on context, synonyms include yautia, otoy, macabo, malanga, taro, dasheen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include taro, eddo, dasheen, yautia, tania, macabo.

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