taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda
(noun) tropical starchy tuberous root
taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta
(noun) 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
taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo
(noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
taro (usually uncountable, plural taros)
Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
Synonyms: colocasia, elephant ears
Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
Food from a taro plant.
Synonym: dasheen
• (similar plants): giant taro, Alocasia and species, especially Alocasia macrorrhizos; swamp taro, Cyrtosperma merkusii; Xanthosoma sagittifolium
• -ator, RATO, Rato, Roat, Rota, rato, rota
Taro
A river and valley in Italy.
• -ator, RATO, Rato, Roat, Rota, rato, rota
Source: Wiktionary
Ta"ro, n. Etym: [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
