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PIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pia mean?
• PIA (noun)
The noun PIA has 1 sense:
1. perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
Familiarity information: PIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Indian arrowroot; pia; Tacca leontopetaloides; Tacca pinnatifida
Hypernyms ("pia" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("pia" is a member of...):
genus Tacca; Tacca (genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers)
Context examples
The space between a blood vessel and the pia mater.
(Perivascular Space, NCI Thesaurus)
It is separated from the pia mater by the subarachnoid space.
(Arachnoid Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)
The two innermost layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord, the arachnoid mater and the pia mater.
(Leptomeninges, NCI Thesaurus)
A delicate fibrous membrane interposed between the dura mater and the pia mater of the brain and spinal cord.
(Arachnoid Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)
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