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cush-cush

cush-cush

9.9
A small yellow yam that farmers grow in tropical America for food
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : cush-cush
  • The small yellow tubers of cush-cush are commonly boiled or roasted as a staple food.

Examples

  • In some regions, cush-cush is an important crop during the rainy season.

  • Farmers in Venezuela often grow cush-cush for its nutritious tubers.

  • I love to eat cush-cush with my meals.

  • Have you ever tried cush-cush before?

  • Farmers in Venezuela often grow cush-cush for its nutritious tubers.

  • In some regions, cush-cush is an important crop during the rainy season.

  • The small yellow tubers of cush-cush are commonly boiled or roasted as a staple food.

Synonyms

yam
vscush-cush
26 1.0

A large starchy underground root that people eat in warm countries

is a regional name for the same tuber from a specific American species
Dioscorea trifida
vscush-cush
  • Specialized
9.9

A tropical American yam plant with small yellow roots that people eat

is the familiar food name used instead of the scientific label
yam plant
vscush-cush
3.3

A tropical vine that makes large edible roots used for food

refers to a particular American species rather than the whole genus

Surface Forms

cush-cush singular
cush-cushes plural

Etymology

The word cush-cush likely comes from a native Caribbean or South American name for a tropical 'yam', where the name was repeated. The repeated sound cush gives a simple image of many small yellow tubers in a bunch, so cush-cush is used for this small edible 'yam'.