1. small edible tubers of the taro plant, used as a vegetable in cooking
Usage: Caribbean cuisine; plural form

Examples

• She boiled the eddoes until they were tender.
• Eddoes are a staple food in many Caribbean dishes.
• The market vendor sold fresh eddoes alongside other root vegetables.
• My grandmother taught me how to prepare eddoes with salt fish.
• Eddoes can be mashed, fried, or added to stews.
• The small brown eddoes were perfect for tonight’s dinner.