Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cocoyam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: co-coy-am
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.

noun

Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.

Example Sentences

"Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam."

Etymology

From coco + yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam.

Inflected Forms

cocoyams (plural)

Synonyms

yautia new cocoyam otoe otoy macabo malanga quequisque taro dasheen tanier tannia tannier

Questions

What does cocoyam mean?: New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
Where does cocoyam come 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.

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