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A genus of plants of the Arum family, natives of the East Indies, and largely cultivated in warm climates for the sake of their leaves and tuberous…
‘The tuberous stems of various araceous plants, as Colocasia esculenta‥Caladium bicolor, etc.’ (Treasury Bot.). eddy-root n. the root of the taro…