giant taro

noun

Any member of the species Alocasia macrorrhizos of plants, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland introduced in many tropical areas, grown for its edible rhizomes and shoots and as an ornamental.

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giant alocasiaAlocasia macrorrhiza
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Meanings

noungiant taro (plural giant taros)

plural giant taros

  1. Any member of the species Alocasia macrorrhizos of plants, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland introduced in many tropical areas, grown for its edible rhizomes and shoots and as an ornamental.

    Synonyms: giant alocasia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny member of the species Alocasia macrorrhizos of plants, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland introduced in many tropical areas, grown for its edible rhizomes and shoots and as an ornamental.

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giant alocasia

More synonyms by meaning

nounlarge 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

Similar
Alocasia macrorrhiza
Broader
alocasiaelephant's earelephant ear
Also see
cunjevoi

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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