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DASHEEN

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da⋅sheen

  [da-sheen]
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–noun
the taro plant, Colocasia esculenta, native to tropical Asia, now cultivated in the southern U.S. for its edible tubers.
Origin:
1895–1900; repr. F de Chine of China
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da·sheen   (dā-shēn')   
n.   Caribbean

  1. A variety of taro having large yellowish tubers.

  2. The tuber of this plant.


[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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