tous-les-mois
Meanings
noun
- 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.
Word forms
Etymology
From French tous les mois (“all the months, i.e. every month”), since the tubers of the plant are edible throughout the year.
Synonyms
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