taro plant

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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 leavesColocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taroedda, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, taro - tropical starchy tuberous rootaroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spatheColocasia, genus Colocasia - small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: tarococoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro - edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants