Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Taro plant   /tˈɛroʊ plænt/   Listen
Taro plant

noun
1.
Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.  Synonyms: Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Taro plant" Quotes from Famous Books



... great plain where we landed; and there, under a burning sun, hundreds of collared men were toiling in trenches, filled with the taro plant; a root most flourishing in that soil. Standing grimly over these, were men unlike them; armed with long thongs, which descended upon the toilers, and made wounds. Blood and sweat mixed; ...
— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) • Herman Melville


Words linked to "Taro plant" :   dasheen, eddo, arum, edda, Colocasia, taro root, genus Colocasia, cocoyam, aroid


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org