giant taro
giant taro · giant taros
A plant of species Alocasia macrorrhizos, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New…A plant of species Alocasia macrorrhizos, 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.
Meaning
1 sensesA plant of species Alocasia macrorrhizos, 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.
More definitions
- 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
Forms
plural: giant taros| Singular | giant taro |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsgiant alocasia
Close in meaning
- 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:Alocasia macrorrhiza