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eddo

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ed⋅do

  [ed-oh]
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–noun, plural -does.
the edible root of the taro or of any of several related plants.
Origin:
1765–75; < one or more WAfr languages; cf. Igbo édè, Fante edwó(w) yam
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ed·do   (ěd'ō)   
n.   pl. ed·does Caribbean

  1. A variety of taro having small purplish tubers.

  2. The tuber of this plant.


[Of Niger-Congo origin; akin to Fante edwo, yam.]
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