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κολοκασία

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Of uncertain Asiatic origin shared with Mishnaic Hebrew קולקס, קרקס (taro) and Arabic قُلْقَاس (qulqās, taro).

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Noun

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κολοκᾱσῐ́ᾱ (kolokāsíāf (genitive κολοκᾱσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. rhizome of the Egyptian water-lily (Nymphaea lotus) (Koine)
  2. rhizome of the Indian sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) (Koine)
  3. taro, eddo (Colocasia esculenta plant and produce) [from 4th century CE]

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