tous-les-mois

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of starch with large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot or used for adulterating cocoa, made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably Canna edulis. historical,uncountable
    — The East India arrowroot was considered the best; and the French West India arrowroot not so good. The East India arrowroot had the finest grains; the second finest were those from the potato; and third the tous les mois or French West India arrowroot; […]

词源

From French tous les mois (“all the months, i.e. every month”), since the tubers of the plant are edible throughout the year.
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