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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  rootstocks,  which  are  cooked  and  used  for  food  in 
  tropical  countries. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  taro 
  n  1:  edible  starchy  tuberous  root  of  taro  plants  [syn:  {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  plant},  {dalo},  {dasheen}, 
  {Colocasia  esculenta}] 
  3:  tropical  starchy  tuberous  root  [syn:  {taro  root},  {cocoyam}, 
  {dasheen},  {edda}]




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