"cocoyam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cocoyams [plural]
Etymology: coco + yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|coco|yam}} coco + yam Head templates: {{en-noun}} cocoyam (plural cocoyams)
  1. New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga. Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants, Root vegetables, Vegetables Translations (new cocoyam, Xanthosoma): taya (Aukan), tajer [masculine] (Dutch), mäkäl (Mopan Maya), taioba [feminine] (Portuguese), tajá [masculine] (Portuguese), malanga [feminine] (Spanish), macal [Guatemala, masculine] (Spanish), ocumo [Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), otoe [Panama, masculine] (Spanish), quequisque [Nicaragua, masculine] (Spanish), rascadera [Colombia, masculine] (Spanish), tiquisque [Costa-Rica, masculine] (Spanish), uncucha [Peru, feminine] (Spanish), yautía [Puerto-Rico, feminine] (Spanish), taya (Sranan Tongo)
    Sense id: en-cocoyam-en-noun-4obqeGOA Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 52 48 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 57 43 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'new cocoyam, Xanthosoma': 72 28
  2. Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro. Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants Translations (old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta): su (Aukan), dasini (Aukan), sineisi taya (Aukan), таро (taro) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tajer [masculine] (Dutch), Taro [masculine] (German), Wasserbrotwurzel [feminine] (German), malanga [feminine, plural, singular] (Spanish), taya (Sranan Tongo), บอน (bɔɔn) (Thai), เผือก (pʉ̀ʉak) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-cocoyam-en-noun-iWPByDGP Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque, taro, dasheen Synonyms (to be sorted): tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba Disambiguation of 'to be sorted': 100 0

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wasserbrotwurzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "malanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta",
      "word": "taya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bɔɔn",
      "sense": "old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta",
      "word": "บอน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pʉ̀ʉak",
      "sense": "old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta",
      "word": "เผือก"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cocoyam"
  ],
  "word": "cocoyam"
}

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