genus Tacca

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1.genus Tacca - genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowersTaccaliliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistilsfamily Taccaceae, Taccaceae - small family of tropical herbsIndian arrowroot, pia, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida - perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch