Taro Definition

tärō, tărō
taros
noun
taros
A large, tropical Asian plant (Colocasia esculenta) of the arum family, with shield-shaped leaves: it is cultivated for its edible corms, which are the source of poi.
Webster's New World
The tuber of this plant.
Webster's New World
Any of several similar plants of the South American genus Xanthosoma, having sagittate leaves.
American Heritage
The starchy edible tuber of this plant.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

A river and valley in Italy.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Taro

Noun

Singular:
taro
Plural:
taros

Origin of Taro

  • From Latin Tarus

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably Tahitian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Taro Sentence Examples

  • He stated that the Moorhen frequented swamps, ponds, streams and taro patches - much the same as today.

  • Miss Taro deliberately gives Bond the wrong house number because he 's never meant to arrive.

  • Sugar-cane, indigo, hemp, peanuts, potatoes of different varieties, yam, taro, beans, sesamum, pumpkins and vegetables of all kinds are also grown.

  • The natives live very largely on vegetable food, among the most important plants which supply them being the taro, yam, banana, bread-fruit, arrow-root, pandanus and coco-nut.

  • The letters r and t have been discarded in favour of 1 and k, as expressing more accurately the native pronunciation, so that, for example, taro, the former name of the Colocasia plant, is now kalo.

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Words Starting With

TTATAR

Words Ending With

OROARO

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With T and Ending With O

Starts With T & Ends With OStarts With TA & Ends With OStarts With T & Ends With RO

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With T4 Letter Words Ending With O