Meaning & use
dasheen
A tropical root vegetable, a variety of taro, with starchy edible corms and large leaves.
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The Caribbean stew was thickened with chunks of boiled dasheen.
Dasheen leaves are cooked much like spinach in many West Indian dishes.
A note on using this word
Dasheen is the name commonly used in the Caribbean and southern United States for a variety of taro root.
Words with a similar meaning
taro
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