POI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("poi" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Meronyms (substance of "poi"):

cocoyam; dasheen; edda; taro; taro root (tropical starchy tuberous root)

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