Assertion: taro | /r/Synonym | cocoyam
Facets:
value: in some of the world literature
type: LOCATION
value: in jamaica
type: LOCATION
value: collectively
type: MANNER
value: in africa
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In Africa, where the root is one of the main sources of carbohydrates and therefore energy, Taro is called Cocoyam.
text: In Jamaica, taro is known as coco, cocoyam and dasheen.
text: For plain green-leaved elephant ears, you can purchase taro (also called coco yam) root in Asian grocery stores and grow it instead of eating it (if the corms haven’t been treated with something to prevent growth).
text: Taro is also referred to as dasheen, eddoes, malanga and cocoyam in the Caribbean and West Africa [ 2 ].
text: Colocasia esculenta also known as Chinese Potato, Cocoyam, Colocasia, Curcas, Dalo, Dasheen is thought to have originated from tropical Asia.
text: In some of the world literature, taro and tannia are collectively called cocoyams, while in a place like Malaysia, the local name for taro (keladi) also applies to all the other edible aroids.
text: Taro is also known as Chinese potato, cocoyam, dasheen, curcas, and dalo.