ǁ Koko

Also coco, COCCO. [Koko, native name in Fanti lang.] The taro-plant, Colocasia esculenta, of West Africa.

1874.  C. A. Gordon, Life Gold Coast, 30. Another root that was used for the table deserves to be mentioned…. Their ordinary name, indeed, was ‘cocos.’

1897.  Mary Kingsley, W. Africa, 292. Koko is better than yam, I may remark, because it is heavier. Ibid., 601. A plantation of giant kokos mid-leg deep in most excellent fine mould.