Definition of "eddo" [eddo]

• Caribbean A variety of taro having small purplish tubers. (noun)
• Caribbean The tuber of this plant. (noun)

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• "Dasheen (also called "eddo") is another "dryland" variety of C. esculenta grown for its edible corms or sometimes just as an ornamental plant."
• "The cloth-trees and eddo-roots are cultivated with much less trouble than our cabbages and kitchen-herbs."
• "I think I'm going to make it this weeke ... chirky: Ummmm, you can drop some of that quiche off at my ... eddo: I agree."