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taro plant

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Noun1.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 leavestaro 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
Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro
edda, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, taro - tropical starchy tuberous root
aroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
Colocasia, genus Colocasia - small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro
cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro - edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
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Sawl bywyd caiff ei aberthu cyn i'r llywodraeth sylweddoli nad ydy eu polisi o beidio taro plant yn gweithio?
Sut i sortio'r anarchiaeth sy'n bygwth Prydain by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Although elephant's ear is a name given to any number of large leafed plants, the original taro plant is the one whose leaves are truly floppy and pendent like an elephant's.
GARDENING : ELEPHANT'S EAR BRINGS A LITTLE BIT OF ASIA TO YOUR HOME by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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