dasheen

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dasheen

/dæˈʃiːn/

Rhymes with -iːn

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From a language of the West Indies. Probably from Antillean Creole dachine or another French creole, from French (chou) de Chine (literally “(cabbage) of China”), as the species originated in China.

noun dasheens

Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant. He say tell your people [...] to boil more banana, and roast more yam, fry more potato and dig up more dasheen.

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@misc{dasheen_2026,
  title = {dasheen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dasheen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}