单词 | taro |
释义 | taro in British English (ˈtɑːrəʊ) nounWord forms: plural -ros Full name: elephant's-ear, dasheen, eddo, Chinese eddo1. an aroid plant, Colocasia esculenta, cultivated in the tropics for its large edible rootstock 2. the rootstock of this plant Word origin C18: from Tahitian and Māoritaro in American English (ˈtɛroʊ; ˈtɑroʊ) nounWord forms: plural ˈtaros 1. a large, tropical Asiatic plant (Colocasia esculenta) of the arum family, with shield-shaped leaves: it is cultivated for its edible corms, which are the source of poi 2. the tuber of this plant Word origin < a Polynesian language < Proto-Polynesian *taloExamples of 'taro' in a sentence |
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