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
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taro::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro plant |
| Type of | arum, aroid |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro root |
| Type of | root vegetable |
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In Southeast Asia, South American apple snails now threaten rice and taro crops.
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The famous Hawaiian staple poi is made by mashing steamed taro roots with water.
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She also believes in aliens, ghosts and goes to a psychic and reads taro cards.
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The taro cake is also a delicacy traditionally eaten during the Chinese New Year.
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Taro was consumed by the early Romans in much the same way the potato is today.
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Pieces of boiled taro with coconut milk are one of the traditional Thai desserts.
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Traditional foods included breadfruit, coconut, banana, taro, yam, and sugarcane.
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Xiao Gugu waves us over to a woman who is ladling taro batter onto a round grill.
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Agricultural products include breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas, pigs, and goats.
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- Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- 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 is a common name for the corms and tubers of several genera of the family Araceae The name includes species of Colocasia spp (dasheen, taro, cocoyam, eddoe) Alocasia spp (giant taro), Amorphophallus campanulatus (Roxb) (elephant yam) and Crytosperma chamissons (Shott) and the tropical ...
- Taro was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the Taro river. It was formed in 1808, when the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla was annexed by France under the Treaty of Lunu00E9ville. Its capital was Parma.
- Taro is a tropical plant known as a root vegetable.
- The Taro (Latin Tarus) is a 126 km-long river in northern Italy, tributary to the Po River. It flows almost entirely in the province of Parma, west of the city Parma. The Taro flows into the Po River north of Parma.
- A tropical plant raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato; The edible portion of the taro plant
- A high-starch tuber grown in West Africa. The American variety is called "dasheen." Although acrid in the raw state, taro has a nut-like flavor when cooked. "Poi" is made from taro root. Taro can be boiled, fried, baked, and used in soup.
- Vegetable grown in Hawaii (as well as in Africa and Asia)
