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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