colocasia esculenta

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colocasia esculenta - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  dalo \dalo\ n.
     a herb of the Pacific islands (Colocasia esculenta) grown
     throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate
     areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
  
     Syn: taro, taro plant, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta.
          [WordNet 1.5]

colocasia esculenta - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Colocasia esculenta
      n 1: 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 [syn: taro, taro plant,
           dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta]