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Taro — This article is about the plant Colocasia esculenta. For other plants called Taro, and other uses, see Taro (disambiguation). Taro Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
taro — Kalo (for growth stages see Haw. Eng. entry); kohana mimi (rare). See poi (Eng. Haw.). Popular ancient taros include lehua and pi iali i, and medicinal taros haokea and lauloa (HP 12). Taro leaf, lau kalo, lā alo; pua a hulu ole (fig.,… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
taro root — noun tropical starchy tuberous root • Syn: ↑taro, ↑cocoyam, ↑dasheen, ↑edda • Hypernyms: ↑root vegetable • Substance Holonyms: ↑poi … Useful english dictionary
taro — noun a) A tropical plant raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. b) The edible portion of the taro plant. Syn: dasheen … Wiktionary
Taro Day — is a holiday celebrated in parts of Fiji on the first full moon of the month of May. It is named for the taro root, a staple in the local Fijian food economy.The day is filled with events and traditions, many of which involve games played by… … Wikipedia
Taro Aso — Tarō Asō Tarō Asō (jap. 麻生 太郎, Asō Tarō; * 20. September 1940 in Iizuka, Präfektur Fukuoka) ist ein japanischer Politiker und seit September 2008 der 59. Premierminister Japans sowie Vorsitzender der Liberaldemokratischen Part … Deutsch Wikipedia
Taro (disambiguation) — Taro is a tropical plant known as a root vegetable.Taro may also refer to:In places: *Taro River in northern Italy *Taro (département), a former administrative division of the First French Empire in present Italy, named after the Taro River *Tarō … Wikipedia
taro — [ter′ō, tär′ō] n. pl. taros [< a Polynesian language < Proto Polynesian * talo] 1. a large, tropical Asiatic plant (Colocasia esculenta) of the arum family, with shield shaped leaves: it is cultivated for its edible corms that are the… … English World dictionary
taro — tropical food plant, 1769, from Polynesian (Tahitian or Maori) taro … Etymology dictionary
taro — /tahr oh, tair oh, tar oh/, n., pl. taros. 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. Cf. dasheen. [1770 80; … Universalium
