Dictionary

taro en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtæɹəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɑɹoʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˈtæɹoʊ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
   • The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream. Even though taro is the key ingredient in the ice cream, people in this area bought taro from other regions. During the post-Typhoon Morakot reconstruction process, JCA and other local organisations encouraged large numbers of farmers in Jiasian to grow taro. The Agriculture Bureau then started investing in Jiasian taro farming. Local taro ice cream makers are now using local taro to support local agriculture. 2018, Lena Dominelli, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 134:
2. (uncountable, usually) Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. (uncountable, usually) Food from a taro plant.

Forms

Deriveds

metallic taro · giant taro · Chinese taro · taro-patch fiddle · chinese taro · swamp taro · giant swamp taro · taro cake · taro flying frog

Descendants

taro

Hyponyms

purple yam (similar plants) · Xanthosoma sagittifolium (similar plants) · swamp taro (similar plants) · Alocasia and species (similar plants) · yam (similar plants) · especially Alocasia macrorrhizos (similar plants) · Cyrtosperma merkusii (similar plants) · giant taro (similar plants) · ube (similar plants)

Synonyms

old cocoyam · yam · colocasia · madumbi · eddo · dasheen · elephant ears · eddo

Translations (152)

es ñampí (Colocasia esculenta) · hi कचालू (Colocasia esculenta) · ar قُلْقَاس (Colocasia esculenta) · or ସାରୁ (Colocasia esculenta) · imn safa (Colocasia esculenta) · gu અળવી (Colocasia esculenta) · ha gwaza (Colocasia esculenta) · fr taro (food from the taro plant) · el κολοκάσι (Colocasia esculenta) · hi अरुई (Colocasia esculenta) · hi कचालू (food from the taro plant) · ty taro (Colocasia esculenta) · tr gölevez (food from the taro plant) · dv އޮޅު އަލަ (Colocasia esculenta) · es ñame (food from the taro plant) · de Taro (food from the taro plant) · mnc ᡥᡡᡧᠠᠵᡠ (Colocasia esculenta) · la colocasia (Colocasia esculenta) · ms talas (Colocasia esculenta) · es michucsi (food from the taro plant) · hi अरवी (Colocasia esculenta) · el κολοκάσι (food from the taro plant) · tr kolokas (Colocasia esculenta) · fi taaro (food from the taro plant) · es michucsi (Colocasia esculenta) · syl ꠇꠌꠥ (Colocasia esculenta) · clt basa (Colocasia esculenta) · id talas (Colocasia esculenta) · ca taro (food from the taro plant) · tr kolokas (food from the taro plant) · tbc mao (Colocasia esculenta) · pa ਅਰਵੀ (Colocasia esculenta) · es bore (Colocasia esculenta) · de Wasserbrotwurzel (food from the taro plant) · tr gölevez (Colocasia esculenta) · pt taro (food from the taro plant) · haw kalo (food from the taro plant) · pl taro (similar plants in Colocasia, Alocasia) · hy տարո (Colocasia esculenta) · as কচু (Colocasia esculenta) · lo ເຜືອກ (Colocasia esculenta) · pl taro (food from the taro plant) · es taro (Colocasia esculenta) · vi khoai sọ (Colocasia esculenta) · ja 里芋 (Colocasia esculenta) · ar قُلْقَاس (food from the taro plant) · es mairina (Colocasia esculenta) · fi taro (similar plants in Colocasia, Alocasia) · abt maye (Colocasia esculenta) · ml പൊടിച്ചേമ്പ് (Colocasia esculenta) · hil gabi (Colocasia esculenta) · ki ndũũma (Colocasia esculenta) · ms keladi Cina (Colocasia esculenta) · cs kolokázie jedlá (Colocasia esculenta) · ml താള് (Colocasia esculenta) · ru та́ро (Colocasia esculenta) · xh idumbe (Colocasia esculenta) · it colocasia (Colocasia esculenta) · ml ചേമ്പ് (Colocasia esculenta) · es ñampí (food from the taro plant) · es taro (food from the taro plant) · ary بطاطا قصبية (food from the taro plant) · my ပိန်းဥ (food from the taro plant) · ko 토란 (Colocasia esculenta) · mi taro (Colocasia esculenta) · es papa china (Colocasia esculenta) · tl gabi (food from the taro plant) · th เผือก (food from the taro plant) · hi अरबी (food from the taro plant) · ali mamo (Colocasia esculenta) · ace eumpeuek (Colocasia esculenta) · th เผือก (Colocasia esculenta) · arz قُلْقَاس (food from the taro plant) · vi khoai môn (Colocasia esculenta) · ne पिंडालु (Colocasia esculenta) · mok mber (Colocasia esculenta) · pt taro (Colocasia esculenta) · es ñame (Colocasia esculenta) · es pituca (Colocasia esculenta) · awb nɔ̌ (Colocasia esculenta) · ceb gabi (Colocasia esculenta) · and barimu (Colocasia esculenta) · es tubérculo de achín (food from the taro plant) · mpt imen (Colocasia esculenta) · mai अडुआ (Colocasia esculenta) · mk таро (Colocasia esculenta) · hi कच्चू (food from the taro plant) · tay cehuy (Colocasia esculenta) · hi अरुई (food from the taro plant) · ca taro (Colocasia esculenta) · su kimpul (Colocasia esculenta) · es ocumo chino (food from the taro plant) · id keladi (Colocasia esculenta) · la colocasia (food from the taro plant) · sm talo (Colocasia esculenta) · de Taro (Colocasia esculenta) · cmn 芋頭 /芋头 (Colocasia esculenta) · it colocasia (food from the taro plant) · es yautía coco (Colocasia esculenta) · urm ima (Colocasia esculenta) · ja サトイモ (Colocasia esculenta) · sm talo (food from the taro plant) · es papa china (food from the taro plant) · ary بطاطا قصبية (Colocasia esculenta) · yue 芋頭 /芋头 (Colocasia esculenta) · fa پیلگوش (Colocasia esculenta) · aby mína (Colocasia esculenta) · bn কচু (Colocasia esculenta) · agg mao (Colocasia esculenta) · es pituca (food from the taro plant) · de Wasserbrotwurzel (Colocasia esculenta) · nan-hbl 芋仔 (Colocasia esculenta) · fi taaro (Colocasia esculenta) · es chonque (Colocasia esculenta) · ivv sudi (Colocasia esculenta) · fr taro (Colocasia esculenta) · bn মুখি (Colocasia esculenta) · to talo (Colocasia esculenta) · aau how (Colocasia esculenta) · hi कच्चू (Colocasia esculenta) · haw kalo (Colocasia esculenta) · tl gabi (Colocasia esculenta) · tyz bon (Colocasia esculenta) · sa कच्वी (Colocasia esculenta) · my ပိန်းဥ (Colocasia esculenta) · ane mwè (Colocasia esculenta) · km ត្រាវ (Colocasia esculenta) · fi alokasia (similar plants in Colocasia, Alocasia) · mk таро (food from the taro plant) · lus bâl (Colocasia esculenta) · fj dalo (Colocasia esculenta) · arz قُلْقَاس (Colocasia esculenta) · hi अरबी (Colocasia esculenta) · tl kalawa (food from the taro plant) · bcl natong (Colocasia esculenta) · es yautía coco (food from the taro plant) · fr chou-chine (food from the taro plant) · pl taro (Colocasia esculenta) · mi taro (food from the taro plant) · agm kaatɨ-́há (Colocasia esculenta) · sa कचु (Colocasia esculenta) · es achín (Colocasia esculenta) · fi taro (Colocasia esculenta) · es ocumo chino (Colocasia esculenta) · ty taro (food from the taro plant) · pa ਅਰਵੀ (food from the taro plant) · hi अरवी (food from the taro plant) · sv taro (Colocasia esculenta) · to talo (food from the taro plant) · fi taro (similar plants in Colocasia, Alocasia) · fi taro (food from the taro plant) · lo ເຜືອກ (food from the taro plant)