taro
Origin of dasheen
from uncertain or unknown; perhapsdasheen
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dasheen
noun
Caribbean- A variety of taro having large yellowish tubers.
- The tuber of this plant.
Origin of dasheen
Antillean English Creole from Antillean French Creole (Martinique) dachine from French (chou) de Chine literally, (cabbage) from China ( from the fact that the taro species Colocasia esculenta originates in Asia )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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