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COLOCASIA ESCULENTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Colocasia esculenta mean? 

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (noun)
  The noun COLOCASIA ESCULENTA has 1 sense:

1. herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leavesplay

  Familiarity information: COLOCASIA ESCULENTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Colocasia esculenta; dalo; dasheen; taro; taro plant

Hypernyms ("Colocasia esculenta" is a kind of...):

aroid; arum (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)

Meronyms (parts of "Colocasia esculenta"):

cocoyam; dasheen; edda; taro; taro root (tropical starchy tuberous root)

cocoyam; dasheen; eddo; taro (edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants)

Holonyms ("Colocasia esculenta" is a member of...):

Colocasia; genus Colocasia (small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro)


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