Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of taro having small purplish tubers.
- noun The tuber of this plant.
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- noun a
plant , a variety oftaro , havingedible starchy tubers - noun the tubers of this plant
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- 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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Dasheen (also called "eddo") is another "dryland" variety of C. esculenta grown for its edible corms or sometimes just as an ornamental plant.
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Dasheen (also called "eddo") is another "dryland" variety of C. esculenta grown for its edible corms or sometimes just as an ornamental plant.
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The cloth-trees and eddo-roots are cultivated with much less trouble than our cabbages and kitchen-herbs.
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences Sir John Barrow 1806
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You know what I'm addic ... chirky: Where's the part about friends who come to cheer ... eddo: Thanks Leann!
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I think I'm going to make it this weeke ... chirky: Ummmm, you can drop some of that quiche off at my ... eddo: I agree.
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I think I'm going to make it this weeke ... chirky: Ummmm, you can drop some of that quiche off at my ... eddo: I agree.
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Chris Lacy: Eddie, I cannot tell you how much respect I have ... eddo: I agree Cody, the problem I have with him is that ...
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On your point about abstinence, ther ... chirky: Maybe, right now, loving them is the best thing y ... eddo: Cody, Gas is now 2.85 here!!
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The gluttony. chirky: Maybe, right now, loving them is the best thing y ... eddo: Cody, Gas is now 2.85 here!!
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I think I'm going to make it this weeke ... chirky: Ummmm, you can drop some of that quiche off at my ... eddo: I agree.
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