Meaning
The main corm — the round, starchy underground 'head' — of the coco (dasheen/taro) plant, dug up and boiled as a ground provision. The coco head is the big central tuber, with smaller cocos growing off it, and it is the part kept for the pot or saved as a planting head for the next crop. It is a staple 'food' in soup and boiled with the dinner.
Examples
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Dig up di coco head fi di soup.
Dig up the coco corm for the soup.
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Save a coco head fi plant back.
Save a coco head to plant again.
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Di coco head big an starchy.
The coco corm is big and starchy.
Origin
From 'coco' (dasheen/taro) + 'head' (the main corm). See [[coco]], [[badoo]].
How it’s used
The main starchy corm of the coco/dasheen plant. See [[coco]], [[badoo]].