cocoyam

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词形变化

cocoyams 复数 cocoyams

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.

  2. 2.

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

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

taro dasheen eddo

上位词 2

root root vegetable

整体词 3

taro poi dasheen

相关短语

new cocoyam old cocoyam

词源

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

来源：wiktionary