al·o·ca·sia ( l  -k  zh, -zh -)n. Any of various tropical Asian aroids of the genus Alocasia, grown as ornamentals for their large heart-shaped or arrowhead-shaped leaves. [New Latin Aloc sia, genus name, probably alteration of Colocsia, from Greek koloksi, lotus root.] |
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| Noun | 1. |  alocasia - any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berriesaroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe genus Alocasia - tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix Alocasia macrorrhiza, giant taro - large 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 |
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