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Taro

[tahr-oh, tair-oh, tar-oh] Origin

ta·ro

[tahr-oh, tair-oh, tar-oh]
noun, plural -ros.
1.
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
2.
the tuber itself.
Compare dasheen.


Origin:
1770–80; < Polynesian
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taro (ˈtɑːrəʊ)
 
n , pl -ros
1.  an aroid plant, Colocasia esculenta, cultivated in the tropics for its large edible rootstock
2.  the rootstock of this plant
 
[C18: from Tahitian and Māori]

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taro
tropical food plant, 1769, from Polynesian (Tahitian or Maori) taro.
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