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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Taro

/tĕr'-ō/ · Ta·ro · IPA /ˈtæɹoʊ/
01 n. A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large o…
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    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 tuberous rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.(Bot.)