taro

Pronunciation: /ˈtæɹəʊ/

The English word “taro” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
Food from a taro plant.

Borrowed from Māori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.

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