cocoyam

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Noun

cocoyam (plural cocoyams)

1. New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
2. Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.

Synonyms

• (new cocoyam) yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque
• (old cocyam) taro, dasheen
• (to be sorted) tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba

Translations

• Portuguese: taioba
• Spanish: malanga, (Guatemala) macal, (Venezuela) ocumo, (Panama) otoe, (Nicaragua) quequisque, (Colombia) rascadera, (Costa Rica) tiquisque, (Peru) uncucha, (Puerto Rico) yautía

Translations

• German: Taro, Wasserbrotwurzel
• Spanish: malanga

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