Meaning
An old Jamaican name for coco (the dasheen/taro corm) — the starchy root eaten as a boiled 'food' or ground provision, and whose broad young leaves are cooked as callaloo. 'Badoo' is the more traditional, country word for the same tuber commonly called coco, and it is heard among older people and in proverbs. The plant is a mainstay of the small-farm provision ground.
Examples
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Dig up some badoo fi di soup.
Dig up some coco for the soup.
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Ole people call it badoo, wi call it coco.
Old people call it badoo; we call it coco.
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Di badoo leaf mek good callaloo.
The coco leaf makes good callaloo.
Origin
From a West African source; an older Jamaican name for coco (dasheen/taro). See [[coco]], [[dasheen]].
How it’s used
An older, country name for coco (dasheen/taro). See [[coco]], [[dasheen]].