Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given by the negroes of the Gold Coast, as well as in the West Indies, to the roots of the taro-plant, Colocasia antiquorum. Also
eddas .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Bot.) The tubers of
Colocasia antiquorum . Seetaro .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany The
tubers of Colocasia antiquorum.
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Examples
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He buys land in Chaguanas and employs labourers to grow rice, peas and eddoes, an edible root.
'The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul' 2008
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Exports—commodities: bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch; tennis racquets
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In Part III (38 mins., beginning the second videotape), he discusses corm-producing aroid species such as tanias, taros, eddoes and dasheens.
Chapter 24 1996
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In general the eddoes are hardier than the dasheens and can be grown in drier conditions on poorer soils.
Chapter 32 1987
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In the eddoes the central corm is smaller and bears many small side cormels, which are normally eaten.
Chapter 32 1987
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Dasheen corms grown under erratic moisture conditions show peculiar dumbell-like shapes, reflecting constrictions in growth during dry periods, and under water stress eddoes produce few cormels.
Chapter 32 1987
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Both dasheen and eddoe type corms can be kept in good condition for upwards of 4 weeks in the tropics: thus dasheens with tops attached and minimal wounding, and good quality eddoes, can be stored in pits dug in well-drained soil and lined with leaves, and well-shaded, on trays or in small heaps under houses, or in cellars or barns.
Chapter 32 1987
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There is also a small import trade in dasheens and eddoes by the UK.
Chapter 32 1987
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Exports - commodities: bananas 39\%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: bananas 39\%, eddoes and dasheen
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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