taro
English Thesaurus
1. tropical starchy tuberous root (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | root vegetable, |
| definition | : | any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| substance meronym | : | poi, |
| definition | : | Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment (noun.food) |
2. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | aroid, arum, |
| definition | : | any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro, |
| definition | : | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | colocasia, genus colocasia, |
| definition | : | small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro (noun.plant) |
3. edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | root, |
| definition | : | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground (noun.plant) |
| part meronym | : | colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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