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Definitions of cocoyam in various dictionaries:
noun - edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
noun - tropical starchy tuberous root
noun - a tropical tuber
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See taro. |
(in West Africa) either of two plants of the arum family with edible corms, i.e. taro (also old cocoyam) and tannia (also new cocoyam). |
edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants |
tropical starchy tuberous root |
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Cocoyam is a common name for more than one tropical root and vegetable crop belonging to the Arum family (Aroids) and may refer to:* Taro (Colocasia esculenta) - old cocoyam * Malanga (Xanthosoma spp.) - new cocoyamCocoyams are herbaceous perennial plants belonging to the family Araceae and are grown primarily for their edible roots, although all parts of the plant are edible. Cocoyams that are cultivated as food crops belong to either the genus Colocasia or the genus Xanthosoma and are generally composed of a large spherical corm (swollen underground storage stem), from which a few large leaves emerge. The petioles of the leaves (leaf stems) stand erect and can reach lengths in excess of 1 m (3.3 ft). The leaf blades are large and heart-shaped and can reach 50 cm (15.8 in) in length. The corm produces lateral buds that give rise to side-corms (cormels, suckers) or stolons (long runners, creeping rhizomes) depending on the species and variety. Cocoyams commonly reach in excess of 1 m (3. |