Taro

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A widely cultivated tropical Asian aroid plant (Colocasia esculenta) having broad peltate leaves and large starchy edible tubers.
  • noun. The tuber of this plant.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of several similar plants of the South American genus Xanthosoma, having sagittate leaves.
  • noun. The starchy edible tuber of this plant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A gold coin of the Arab emirs of Sicily of the tenth and eleventh centuries; of the Lombard dukes of the seventh century; of the Two Sicilies under Norman rule in the fourth century; of Amalfi in the eleventh century.
  • noun. A food-plant, Colocasia antiquorum, especially the variety esculenta, a native of India, but widely cultivated in the warmer parts of the globe, particularly in the Pacific islands.
  • noun. A money of account and coin of silver, and also of copper, formerly used in Malta under the Grand Masters.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
  • noun. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
  • noun. Food from a taro plant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. 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
  • noun. edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
  • noun. tropical starchy tuberous root
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    "Querétaro is a gem, worth a couple of night's visit."
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