cocoyam
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
cocoyam
Where it comes from
From coco + yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam.
noun cocoyams
- New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga. Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam.
- Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
Similar: yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque, taro, dasheen, tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba
Thesaurus
Translations
Every language
noun new cocoyam, Xanthosoma
| Español | malanga, macal, ocumo, otoe, quequisque, rascadera |
|---|---|
| Português | taioba, tajá |
noun old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta
| Español | malanga, yautía coco |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Taro, Wasserbrotwurzel |
Talk about this word "cocoyam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cocoyam. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cocoyam. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cocoyam "cocoyam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cocoyam.Cite this
@misc{cocoyam_2026,
title = {cocoyam},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cocoyam},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
