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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.

Meaning of Colocasia from wikipedia

- Colocasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast 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...
- Eddoe or eddo (Colocasia antiquorum) is a species in genus Colocasia, a tropical vegetable, closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which...
- as patrodo, patra, or patrodu, is a steamed vegetarian dish made from colocasia leaves (chevu in Tulu, taro, kesuve or arbi) in various parts of India...
- (L.) Spreng., 1826 Synonyms Calla aethiopica L. Richardia africana ****h Richardia aethiopica (L.) Spreng. Colocasia aethiopica (L.) Spreng. ex Link...
- 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...
- known as Aroids and by the family name Araceae) and may refer to: Taro (Colocasia esculenta) – old cocoyam Malanga (Xanthosoma spp.) – new cocoyam Cocoyams...
- as a source of starch, the others being Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Colocasia esculenta, and Cyrto**** mer****i, each with multiple cultivated varieties...
- Perhaps the most important food crop in the order is the taro plant, Colocasia esculenta. The Alismatales comprise herbaceous flowering plants of often...
- possible to consume the cooked foliage of certain genera, such as Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma, as well as the ripened fruits of Monstera deliciosa,...