TARO


Meaning of TARO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtär-(ˌ)ō, ˈter- ]

noun

( 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

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