cocoyam

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque
• taro, dasheen
• tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba

Origin

• coco + yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam.