eddo vs yam

eddo

noun
  • A plant (Colocasia esculenta, but often identified as Colocasia antiquorum, among numerous other synonyms), which is usually considered a variety of C. esculenta, with edible starchy tubers. 

  • The tubers of this plant. 

yam

noun
  • The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food. 

  • An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam. 

  • A potato. 

  • home 

  • Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated. 

  • A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas. 

  • A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa. 

  • Taro. 

verb
  • To eat. 

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