Taro

n. type of tropical plant

Taro (from Tahitian or other Polynesian languages), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. It is believed to be one of the earliest cultivated plants. Taro is closely related to Xanthosoma and Caladium, plants commonly grown as ornamentals, and like them it is sometimes loosely called elephant ear. In its raw form the plant is toxic due to the presence of calcium oxalate, although the toxin is destroyed by cooking.
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Noun
1. edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
(synonym) cocoyam, dasheen, eddo
(hypernym) root
(part-holonym) taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta
2. 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
(synonym) taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta
(hypernym) arum, aroid
(member-holonym) Colocasia, genus Colocasia
(part-meronym) taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda
3. tropical starchy tuberous root
(synonym) taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda
(hypernym) root vegetable
(substance-holonym) poi
(part-holonym) taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta

n. taro, type of tropical plant

v. calibrate (Mechanics)