eddo

[ ed-oh ]

noun

, plural ed·does.

1. the edible root of the taro or of any of several related plants.

eddo

/ ˈɛdəʊ /

noun

1. other names for taro

Word History and Origins

Origin of eddo¹

1765–75; < one or more WAfr languages; compare Igbo édè, Fante edwó(w) yam

Example Sentences

Many of these rural dwellings are very neatly built of native stone; and their little gardens appear to be well stocked with the country produce, such as potatoes, peas, eddoes, arrowroot, &c.

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They subsisted on wild meats, fish, forest fruits and nuts, and the cultivated plantains, cassava, maize, ground-nuts, yams, eddoes, sweet potatoes, and a few other vegetables.

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We met with several ponds of stagnant water, in which the natives had planted great quantities of eddoes.

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In these islands the hog is the principal quadruped, and the fruit of the bread-tree is its principal food, although it is also fed with yams, eddoes, and other vegetables.

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The quantities of ground provisions, as yams, eddoes, sweet potatoes, &c., grown in favourable seasons, is very considerable.

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