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Cocoa vs Cocoyam - What's the difference?

cocoa | cocoyam |

As a proper noun cocoa

is (computing) an object-oriented programming api for mac os x.

As a noun cocoyam is

new cocoyam: xanthosoma'', particularly ''xanthosoma sagittifolium , or the edible root of that plant; malanga.

cocoa

English

Etymology 1

of (etyl) (m).

Noun

(wikipedia cocoa)
  • (label) the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made
  • (label) an unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  • (label) a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar
  • (label) a cup or mug of this drink
  • (label) a light to medium brown colour
    • Quotations
    ``A Food Lover's Companion'' by Evan Jones (Harper & Row, 1979) includes this poem by Stanley J. Sharpless: : Half past nine - high time for supper; : ``Cocoa , love? ``Of course, my dear. : Helen thinks it quite delicious, : John prefers it now to beer.... : For they've stumbled on the secret : Of a love that never wanes, : Rapt beneath the tumbled bedclothes, : Cocoa coursing through their veins.
    Synonyms
    * (hot drink) chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
    Derived terms
    {{der3, cocoa bean , cocoa butter , cocoa-payol , cocoa powder}}
    Related terms
    * cacao

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder

    • See also

    * English terms derived from Portuguese

    Etymology 2

    See (m).

    Noun

  • (label) Another spelling of .
    • ----

    cocoyam

    English

    (wikipedia cocoyam)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • New cocoyam: Xanthosoma'', particularly ''Xanthosoma sagittifolium , or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 30, author=, title=Street Level, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam . }}
  • Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta ; taro.

    • Synonyms

    * (new cocoyam) yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque * (old cocyam) taro, dasheen * (to be sorted) tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba