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Definition of Dasheens

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 Dasheens from wikipedia

- called eddo in Liberia. 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...
- increase in production during the 2019-2020 year. Sweet potatoes, yams, dasheens and tannias are being exported particularly to the United Kingdom and Canada...
- 4% increase in bananas, 2.2% increase in pineapples, 13.3% increase in dasheen, 24.9% increase in coconuts, and a 10.6% increase in whole milk production...
- identifiable as the species Colocasia antiquorum, 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 (roll up) dasheen leaves and dough are layered by spreading dough onto the upper side of...
- Trinidad and Tobago is also known for its prepared provisions, such as dasheen (taro root), sweet potato, eddoes, c****ava, yam, soups and stews, also...
- and vegetables are grown, such as cu****bers, eggplant, c****ava, pumpkin, dasheen (taro) and coconut, and fishing is still also commonly practised. Trinidad...
- referred to as taro, old cocoyam, arrowroot, eddoe, macabo, kontomire or dasheen and originate from the region of Southeast Asia. Xanthosoma species may...
- Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (elephant foot yam), Colocasia esculenta (kochu, taro, dasheen), Xanthosoma (cocoyam, tannia), Typhonium trilobatum and Monstera deliciosa...