"tous-les-mois" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: French, all the months, i.e. every month. The tubers of the plant are edible throughout the year. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tous-les-mois (uncountable)
  1. A kind of starch with large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot or used for adulterating cocoa, made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably Canna edulis. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Zingiberales order plants
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