tous-les-mois

[ too-luh-mwah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.

tous-les-mois

/ ˌtuːleɪˈmwɑː /

a large widely cultivated plant, Canna edulis, of the Caribbean and South America, having purplish stems and leaves, bright red flowers and edible tubers: family Cannaceae
Also calledQueensland arrowroot the tuber of this plant, used as a source of starch

1830–40; < French: all the months, said to be by folk etymology from Antillean Creole toloman, of uncertain origin

C19: from French, literally: all the months, probably an attempt to give phonetic reproduction of tolomane, from native West Indian name

The granules of tous-les-mois are readily distinguishable by their very large size (fig. 5).

Its globules are much smaller and less glistening than those of Tous-les-mois, or potato starch.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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