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PIA
pia, Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida
(noun) perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
PIA (countable and uncountable, plural PIAs)
(medicine) Initialism of porcine intestinal adenomatosis.
Initialism of personal injury accident.
(sexuality) Initialism of penis in anus.
Anagrams
• AIP, API, Api, IAP, IPA
Etymology 1
Noun
pia
(anatomy) The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord
Etymology 2
Noun
pia (uncountable)
A perennial Polynesian herb whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot.
Anagrams
• AIP, API, Api, IAP, IPA
Source: Wiktionary
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