tous-les-mois
tous-les-mois 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.
Noun
tous-les-mois (uncountable)
- 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.
- 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; […]1845, Edwin Lankester, “Lecture II. Starch—Potato—Arrow-root—Tapioca—Protein—Wheat—Maize—Rice.”, in Report of Lectures on the Natural History of Plants Yielding Food; […], London: John Churchill...
- Synonyms:
- tous-les-mois starch
Synonyms of tous-les-mois
Origin of tous-les-mois
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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- What does tous-les-mois mean?
- Tous-les-mois means 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.
- What part of speech is tous-les-mois?
- Tous-les-mois is a noun.
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