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Definition of Eddoes
1. n. pl. The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.
Definition of Eddoes
1. Noun. (botany) The tubers of ''Colocasia antiquorum''. ¹
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Definition of Eddoes
1. eddo [n] - See also: eddo
Medical Definition of Eddoes
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eddoes
Literary usage of Eddoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analysis of the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons on the by Parliament, Great Britain, House of Commons (1833)
"... or eddoes, potatoes, &c. The slaves are not forbidden by law, as Mr.
Taylor thinks, to cultivate the sugar cane, but they incur a penalty by having ..."
2. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1874)
"... and is cultivating one-and-a-half acres in potatoes, two acres in cassava,
four acres in rice, onehalf acre in eddoes, besides many garden vegetables. ..."
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