Associations to the word «Taro»

Wiktionary

TARO, noun. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
TARO, noun. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
TARO, noun. Food from a taro plant.
TARO, proper noun. A river and valley in Italy
TARO ISLAND, proper noun. An island in Solomon Islands

Dictionary definition

TARO, noun. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
TARO, 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, noun. Tropical starchy tuberous root.

Wise words

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Alexander Pope