alocasia macrorrhiza

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alocasia macrorrhiza - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Alocasia macrorrhiza
      n 1: large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading
           leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome
           and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately
           ornamental [syn: giant taro, Alocasia macrorrhiza]