2. (noun)taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta 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
1. (noun)taro a name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They havelarge ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries
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