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Colocasia antiquorum
Taro Ta"ro, n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.
Colocasia macrorhiza
Taro Ta"ro, n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.

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- Colocasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated...
- Taro (/ˈtɑːroʊ, ˈtær-/; Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that...
- often considered identifiable as the species Colocasia antiquorum, closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its...
- Colocasia gigantea, also called the giant elephant ear or Indian taro, is a 1.5–3 m tall aroid plant with a large, fibrous corm, producing at its apex...
- Colocasia fallax, the silver leaf dwarf elephant ear or dwarf taro, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent...
- as a source of starch, the others being Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Colocasia esculenta, and Cyrto**** mer****i, each with multiple cultivated varieties...
- Colocasia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by the German actor and entomologist Ferdinand Ochsenheimer. Colocasia coryli (Linnaeus,...
- Colocasia with lamb (Turkish: Kolokas yemeği) is a Middle Eastern dish, also common across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Ingredients include kolokas (taro)...
- organized by their roots' anatomy. Corm Amorphophallus konjac (konjac) Colocasia esculenta (taro) Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut) Ensete spp...
- further. Within the Araceae, genera such as Alocasia, Arisaema, Caladium, Colocasia, Dieffenbachia, Syngonium, Epipremnum, Aglaonema and Philodendron contain...