dasheen

Meanings

noundasheen (plural dasheens)

plural dasheens

Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
He say tell your people [...] to boil more banana, and roast more yam, fry more potato and dig up more dasheen.
2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 151

Synonyms & antonyms

nounedible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

Similar

taro cocoyam eddo

Broader

root

nounherb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves

Similar

tarotaro plantdaloColocasia esculenta

Broader

arum aroid

nountropical starchy tuberous root

Similar

tarotaro rootcocoyam edda

Broader

root vegetable

Also see

cocoyam edda eddo taro

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

French(chou) de Chine
Antillean Creoledachine
Englishdasheen

From a language of the West Indies. Probably from Antillean Creole dachine or another French creole, from French (chou) de Chine (literally “(cabbage) of China”), as the species originated in China.

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