fufu

fu·fu

or fu-fu  (fo͞o′fo͞o′)

n.

A thick, doughlike West African food made by boiling and pounding a starchy vegetable such as yam, plantain, or cassava.

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[From Twi fufuu, Ewe fufu, Yoruba fùfú, or kindred words in many other languages of West Africa .]