n.
Pronunciation: ' tär-( ˌ ) ō , ' ter-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural taros
Etymology: Tahitian & Maori
Date: 1769
: a large-leaved tropical Asian plant ( Colocasia esculenta ) of the arum family grown throughout the tropics for its edible starchy corms and cormels and in temperate regions for ornament also : its corms and cormels typically cooked as a vegetable or ground into flour