TARO ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taro root mean? 

• TARO ROOT (noun)
  The noun TARO ROOT has 1 sense:

1. tropical starchy tuberous root

  Familiarity information: TARO ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARO ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical starchy tuberous root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cocoyam; dasheen; edda; taro; taro root

Hypernyms ("taro root" is a kind of...):

root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

Holonyms ("taro root" is a part of...):

Colocasia esculenta; dalo; dasheen; taro; taro plant (herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves)

Holonyms ("taro root" is a substance of...):

poi (Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment)