cush-cush

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   tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers

   SynonymsDioscorea trifida

   Broaderyam

Questions about cush-cush

What does cush-cush mean?

cush-cush means "tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers".

How many syllables are in cush-cush?

cush-cush has 2 syllables: cush--cush. The stress falls on "cush-".

What is another word for cush-cush?

Close synonyms include Dioscorea trifida. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cush-cush a common word?

cush-cush is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.