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taro
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun taro has 3 senses
- taro(n = noun.plant) cocoyam, dasheen, eddo - edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants; Array is a part of colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant
- taro(n = noun.plant) colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro plant - herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves; Array has parts: cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro
- taro(n = noun.food) cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro root - tropical starchy tuberous root; Array is a kind of root vegetable
is a kind of root
is a kind of aroid, arum
is a member of colocasia, genus colocasia
is a part of colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
taro, n. [From the Polynesian name.].
A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum , var. esculenta , Colocasia macrorhiza , etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy tuberous rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
taro, n. (pl. -os) a tropical aroid plant, Colocasia esculenta, with tuberous roots used as food. Also called EDDO.
Etymology
Polynesian
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