taro
Meaning
- Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
- Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
- Food from a taro plant.
Synonyms
dalo
taro plant
Colocasia esculenta
taro root
edda
purple-leaf taro
general term
coco yam
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtæɹəʊ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.
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