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Definition of Dasheen

Dasheen
Dasheen Dash`een", n. A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States.

Meaning of Dasheen from wikipedia

- them "kolokasi chips". In the Caribbean and West Indies, taro is known as dasheen in Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and...
- called callaloo and uses taro leaves (known by many local names such as 'dasheen bush', 'callaloo bush', or 'bush') or Xanthosoma leaves (known by many...
- species in genus Colocasia, a tropical vegetable, closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems...
- culantro, can be added. For the more complex preparation method of roll up, dasheen leaves and dough are layered by spreading dough onto the upper side of...
- number of traditional root vegetable staples such as yams, sweet potatoes, dasheen root (taro), eddos and c****ava. They are often cooked and served as a side...
- normal bread with a slight sweetness Sweet potato Taro, locally known as dasheen and coco Taro dumpling Tripe and beans Water crackers Yam Acerola cherry...
- referred to as taro, old cocoyam, arrowroot, eddoe, macabo, kontomire or dasheen and originate from the region of Southeast Asia. Xanthosoma species may...
- (pumpkin simmered with ****es and seasoning); and bhaji (made with young dasheen bush (taro) leaves, spinach leaves, saijan (drumstick) leaves, or chaurai...
- Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (elephant foot yam), Colocasia esculenta (kochu, taro, dasheen), Xanthosoma (cocoyam, tannia), Typhonium trilobatum and Monstera deliciosa...
- (drumstick), fried or curried lauki (bottle gourd), bhaji (made with young dasheen bush (taro) leaves, spinach leaves, saijan (drumstick) leaves, or chaurai...