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dasheen

/dæˈʃiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
dasheen
IPA
/dæˈʃiːn/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dasheens (plural)

Synonyms

taro taro root cocoyam edda taro plant dalo colocasia esculenta eddo

Rhymes With

been between mean seen green clean scene machine queen screen magazine golden mean

Questions

How do you pronounce dasheen?
The recorded pronunciation is /dæˈʃiːn/.
What does dasheen mean?
Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
Where does dasheen come from?
It is traced to French.

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