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English noun: Colocasia esculenta

1. Colocasia esculenta (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


Synonymsdalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant


Broader (hypernym)aroid, arum


Part holonymcocoyam, cocoyam, dasheen, dasheen, edda, eddo, taro, taro, taro root


Member meronymColocasia, genus Colocasia









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