taro

See also tarò, and ţaro

English

Etymology

Polynesian (Maori)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ærəʊ

Noun

taro (plural taros)

Wikipedia

1. A tropical plant raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
2. The edible portion of the taro plant.

Scientific names

• Colocasia esculenta

Synonyms

• dasheen

Translations

tropical plant

Abau: how Amaimon: mamo Ambulas: maye Aneme Wake: mína Angaataha: kaatɨ-́há Angor: mao Ansus: barimu Arabic: قلقاس (ar) (qulqas) m. pl. Egyptian Arabic: قلقلس (ʔulʔas) m. pl. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 芋頭, simpl. 芋头 (yùtóu) Min Nan: 芋仔 (ō·-á) Finnish: taaro (fi) Indonesian: keladi (id) Italian: colocasia (it) f.

Japanese: 里芋 (ja) (さといも, satoimo), サトイモ (ja) (satoimo) Macedonian: таро (mk) (táro) n. Morori: mber Russian: (indeclinable) таро (ru) (taro) n. Spanish: taro m., achín m. (Colombia), ñampí m. (Costa Rica), ñame m. (Spain's Canary Islands), ocumo chino m. (Venezuela), papa china f. (Colombia, Ecuador), pituca f. (Peru), yautía coco f. (Dominican Republic) Vietnamese: khoai môn (vi)

edible portition of the taro plant

Arabic: قلقاس (ar) (qulqas) m. pl. Egyptian Arabic: قلقلس (ʔulʔas) m. pl. Finnish: taaro (fi) Italian: colocasia (it) f. Macedonian: таро (mk) (taro) n. Spanish: taro m., tubérculo de achín m. (Colombia), ñampí m. (Costa Rica), ñame m. (Spain's Canary Islands), ocumo chino m. (Venezuela), papa china f. (Colombia, Ecuador), pituca f. (Peru), yautía coco f. (Dominican Republic)

Thai: เผือก (th) (phueak) Turkish: gölevez, kolokas

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German: Taro, Wasserbrotwurzel

See also

• eddo

Anagrams

• rato, RATO
• rota

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Hiri Motu

Noun

taro

1. taro

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Italian

Verb

taro

1. first-person singular present indicative of tarare

Anagrams

• arto, atro, rota

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Maori

Noun

taro

1. taro
2. bread

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Tahitian

Noun

taro

1. taro