| NOUN | plant | Tacca leontopetaloides, pia, Indian arrowroot, Tacca pinnatifida | perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia |
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| Meaning | perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch. | |
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| Synonyms | pia, Indian arrowroot, Tacca pinnatifida | |
| Member of | Tacca, genus Tacca | genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and small umbellate flowers |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | pia | |
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