Definitions
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- noun
New cocoyam : Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant;malanga . - noun
Old cocoyam : Colocasia esculenta;taro .
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- noun tropical starchy tuberous root
- noun edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The leaves are rather slippery and are normally mixed with other leafy vegetables such as cocoyam (maburu), pumpkin (mhango), Asystasia gangetica
Chapter 7 1999
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Taro is sometimes confused with malanga, yautia, and cocoyam, tubers of a number of New World tropical species in the genus Xanthosoma, which are also arums protected by oxalate crystals.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Taro is sometimes confused with malanga, yautia, and cocoyam, tubers of a number of New World tropical species in the genus Xanthosoma, which are also arums protected by oxalate crystals.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Cowpea is a major leafy vegetable among the Mijikenda, often mixed with leaves of sweet potato (mabwe), cocoyam (maburu), pumpkin and
Chapter 7 1999
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Fig. 6.8: In the permanent farming system, maize is preferably intercropped (mixed) with crops like beans or cocoyam
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The most important root and tuber crops are cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro (cocoyam) and tannia (new cocoyam).
Chapter 3 1995
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When planted in a mixture with maize or cocoyam, the distance between the
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Splitting of harvested maize-ridges to add to the cocoyam ridge.
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All other plants like maize, beans, cocoyam, etc. you plant on ridges.
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In the permanent fanning system, maize is preferably intercropped (mixed) with crops like beans, soyabeans, tehprosia and cocoyam
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April 26, 2022
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