English noun: taro |
1. | taro (plant) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants |
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| Synonyms | cocoyam, dasheen, eddo |
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| Broader (hypernym) | root |
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| Part meronym | Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant |
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2. | taro (plant) 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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| Synonyms | Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro plant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | aroid, arum |
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| Part holonym | cocoyam, cocoyam, dasheen, dasheen, edda, eddo, taro, taro, taro root |
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| Member meronym | Colocasia, genus Colocasia |
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3. | taro (food) tropical starchy tuberous root |
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| Synonyms | cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro root |
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| Broader (hypernym) | root vegetable |
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| Part meronym | Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant |
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| Substance meronym | poi |
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