TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tacca leontopetaloides mean? 

• TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES (noun)
  The noun TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES 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: TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES (noun)

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 ("Tacca leontopetaloides" 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 ("Tacca leontopetaloides" is a member of...):

genus Tacca; Tacca (genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers)