- taro root
- nountropical starchy tuberous root• Hypernyms: ↑root vegetable• Substance Holonyms: ↑poi• Part Holonyms: ↑taro, ↑taro plant, ↑dalo, ↑dasheen, ↑Colocasia esculenta
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