NOUN | plant | Alocasia macrorrhiza, giant taro | large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves |
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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. | |
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Synonym | giant taro | |
Broader | alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear | Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries |
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