taro

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (uncountable, usually) Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
2. (uncountable, usually) Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. (uncountable, usually) Food from a taro plant.

Συνώνυμα

cocoyam

dasheen

tuber

potato

🥔

eddo

dalo

taro plant

Colocasia esculenta

taro root

edda

bananas

purple-leaf taro

corm

general term

grub

sweet potato

🍠

yam

coco yam

old cocoyam

elephant ear

kalo

Μεταφράσεις

taro

taro

colocase

taro

Colocasia esculenta

Taro

قلقاس

colocasia

ñame

taro

قُلْقَاس

malanga Mexico

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈtæɹəʊ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Borrowed from Maori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.