cocoyam的词源

英文词源

cocoyam

"(In West Africa) either of two plants of the arum family with edible corms, i.e. taro (also old cocoyam) and tannia (also new cocoyam)", Early 20th century: probably from coco (sense 2) + yam.

中文词源

cocoyam：芋头

来自coconut和yam的合成词，因生长于椰子林且与山药相似而得名。

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