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八つ頭八頭
やつがしら
1. [n]
▶ form of taro
▶ yam
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1550780 里芋 1. taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo



History:
4. A 2010-07-29 06:24:37  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, 新和英中辞典, ルミナス和英辞典
  Comments:
All these have "yam".
3. A* 2010-07-29 03:35:40  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
not very, i think.  all dics (and wikipedia) have this as a type of サトイモ, which is Colocasia esculenta (the taro/dasheen), whereas yams belong to genus Dioscorea.  but perhaps it's a colloquial definition of yam somewhere on the planet  (or perhaps a bunch of dictionaries just copied one another)
2. A* 2010-07-28 10:50:49  Paul Blay <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
新和英大辞典
  Comments:
Don't know how scientifically accurate 'yam' is, but a lot of dictionaries have it.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +17,1 @@
+<gloss>yam</gloss>
1. A* 2010-07-28 10:31:00  Brandon Kentel <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://www5.plala.or.jp/nijiya231-9288/Yasai_Kata/satoimo/satoimo_hinnsyu.htm
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>八頭</keb>
@@ -12,1 +15,2 @@
-<gloss>yam</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1550780">里芋</xref>
+<gloss>form of taro</gloss>

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