Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Taro"
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) 1.7 (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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