taro
a plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated for its edible tuber: widely distributed throughout tropical and subtropical regions, including the Caribbean, the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, India, and a number of Asian and African nations.
the edible tuber of Colocasia esculenta, a widely distributed tropical and subtropical plant of the arum family.
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Origin of taro
1- Compare dasheen.
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How to use taro in a sentence
Among the professional bohemians of gentrified Tribeca, Karl taro Greenfeld spins mesmerizing stories in Triburbia.
Karl Taro Greenfeld on His Novel “Triburbia,” Con Men, and Literary Success | Nick McDonell | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"We call it taro," one of the nearest group answered, greatly to our surprise, in perfectly good and clear English.
The White Man's Foot | Grant AllenA very long time ago there lived in Japan a young fisherman named Urashima taro.
Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book | Edmund DulacMonckton, meanwhile, had made a raid on the native gardens and brought in quite a lot of taro.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid WalkerA bushel of candle-nuts, and about the same quantity of taro and patara roots, completed our winter supplies.
The Island Home | Richard Archer
Morton has, among other things, made a couple of nets, and a mortar and pestle for pounding bread-fruit and taro.
The Island Home | Richard Archer
British Dictionary definitions for taro
/ (ˈtɑːrəʊ) /
an aroid plant, Colocasia esculenta, cultivated in the tropics for its large edible rootstock
the rootstock of this plant
Origin of taro
1- Full name: elephant's-ear, dasheen, eddo, Chinese eddo
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