English > Colocasia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro. |
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| Synonym | genus Colocasia |
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| Member of | Araceae, family Araceae, arum family | anthurium |
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| Members | taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta | 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 |
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| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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| Spanish | colocasia, genus colocasia |
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| Catalan | colocasia, Colocasia, genus colocasia |
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