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ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alocasia macrorrhiza mean?
• ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA (noun)
The noun ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA has 1 sense:
1. large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental
Familiarity information: ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alocasia macrorrhiza; giant taro
Hypernyms ("Alocasia macrorrhiza" is a kind of...):
alocasia; elephant's ear; elephant ear (any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries)
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