taro

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taro - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Taro \Ta"ro\, n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.)
     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]

  Colocasia \Colocasia\ n.
     a small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of the arum family,
     of tropical Asia and the Pacific islands, including the
     taro (Colocasia esculente).
  
     Syn: genus Colocasia.
          [WordNet 1.5]

taro - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  taro
      n 1: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants [syn: taro,
           cocoyam, dasheen, eddo]
      2: 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]
      3: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root,
         cocoyam, dasheen, edda]