dasheen

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæˈʃiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

dasheen (plural dasheens)

1. Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
   • 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 151:

     He say tell your people [...] to boil more banana, and roast more yam, fry more potato and dig up more dasheen.

Anagrams

• Headens, ashened, nasheed