Meanings
taro1
plural taros
- uncountableusuallyColocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
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The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream. Even though taro is the key ingredient in the ice cream, people in this area bought taro from other regions. During the post-Typhoon Morakot reconstruction process, JCA and other local organisations encouraged large numbers of farmers in Jiasian to grow taro. The Agriculture Bureau then started investing in Jiasian taro farming. Local taro ice cream makers are now using local taro to support local agriculture.
2018, Lena Dominelli, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 134Synonyms: colocasia, elephant ears, eddo, old cocoyam, yam
Taro2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounColocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
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nounherb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
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Origin
taro · noun
- Māoritaro
- Englishtaro
Borrowed from Māori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.
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Full word history & related roots →Taro · proper noun
- LatinTarus
- EnglishTaro
From Latin Tarus.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قُلْقَاس, قُلْقَاس
- قُلْقَاس (qulqās)Colocasia esculenta
- قُلْقَاس (qulqās)food from the taro plant
Bengali কচু, মুখি
- কচু (kocu)Colocasia esculenta
- মুখি (mukhi)Colocasia esculenta
Catalan taro, taro
- taroColocasia esculenta
- tarofood from the taro plant
Chinese Cantonese 芋頭 /芋头
- 芋頭 /芋头Colocasia esculenta
Chinese Mandarin 芋頭 /芋头
- 芋頭 /芋头 (yùtou)Colocasia esculenta
Czech kolokázie jedlá
- kolokázie jedláColocasia esculenta
Finnish taaro, taro
- taaroColocasia esculenta
- taroColocasia esculenta
- tarosimilar plants in Colocasia, Alocasia
- alokasiasimilar plants in Colocasia, Alocasia
- tarosimilar plants in Colocasia, Alocasia
- taarofood from the taro plant
- tarofood from the taro plant
French taro, taro
- taroColocasia esculenta
- tarofood from the taro plant
- chou-chinefood from the taro plant
German Taro, Wasserbrotwurzel
- TaroColocasia esculenta
- WasserbrotwurzelColocasia esculenta
- Tarofood from the taro plant
- Wasserbrotwurzelfood from the taro plant
Greek κολοκάσι, κολοκάσι
- κολοκάσι (kolokási)Colocasia esculenta
- κολοκάσι (kolokási)food from the taro plant
Hawaiian kalo, kalo
- kaloColocasia esculenta
- kalofood from the taro plant
Hindi अरबी, अरवी
- अरबी (arbī)Colocasia esculenta
- अरवी (arvī)Colocasia esculenta
- अरुई (aruī)Colocasia esculenta
- कच्चू (kaccū)Colocasia esculenta
- कचालू (kacālū)Colocasia esculenta
- अरबी (arbī)food from the taro plant
- अरवी (arvī)food from the taro plant
- अरुई (aruī)food from the taro plant
- कच्चू (kaccū)food from the taro plant
- कचालू (kacālū)food from the taro plant
Indonesian keladi, talas
- keladiColocasia esculenta
- talasColocasia esculenta
Italian colocasia, colocasia
- colocasiaColocasia esculenta
- colocasiafood from the taro plant
Japanese 里芋, サトイモ
- 里芋 (satoimo)Colocasia esculenta
- サトイモ (satoimo)Colocasia esculenta
Korean 토란
- 토란 (toran)Colocasia esculenta
Latin colocasia, colocasia
- colocasiaColocasia esculenta
- colocasiafood from the taro plant
Malay keladi Cina, talas
- keladi CinaColocasia esculenta
- talasColocasia esculenta
Māori taro, taro
- taroColocasia esculenta
- tarofood from the taro plant
Persian پیلگوش
- پیلگوش (pīlgūš)Colocasia esculenta
Polish taro, taro
- taroColocasia esculenta
- tarosimilar plants in Colocasia, Alocasia
- tarofood from the taro plant
Portuguese taro, taro
- taroColocasia esculenta
- tarofood from the taro plant
Punjabi ਅਰਵੀ, ਅਰਵੀ
- ਅਰਵੀ (aravī)Colocasia esculenta
- ਅਰਵੀ (aravī)food from the taro plant
Russian та́ро
- та́ро (táro)Colocasia esculenta
Spanish taro, achín
- taroColocasia esculenta
- achínColocasia esculenta
- ñampíColocasia esculenta
- ñameColocasia esculenta
- ocumo chinoColocasia esculenta
- papa chinaColocasia esculenta
- pitucaColocasia esculenta
- yautía cocoColocasia esculenta
- boreColocasia esculenta
- chonqueColocasia esculenta
- mairinaColocasia esculenta
- michucsiColocasia esculenta
Swedish taro
- taroColocasia esculenta
Tagalog gabi, kalawa
- gabiColocasia esculenta
- kalawafood from the taro plant
- gabifood from the taro plant
Thai เผือก, เผือก
- เผือก (pʉ̀ʉak)Colocasia esculenta
- เผือก (pʉ̀ʉak)food from the taro plant
Turkish gölevez, kolokas
- gölevezColocasia esculenta
- kolokasColocasia esculenta
- gölevezfood from the taro plant
- kolokasfood from the taro plant
Vietnamese khoai môn, khoai sọ
- khoai mônColocasia esculenta
- khoai sọColocasia esculenta
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with taro
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Cite this entry
taro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taro
“taro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taro. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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