taro

/tahr-oh, tair-oh, tar-oh/US // ˈtɑr oʊ, ˈtɛər oʊ, ˈtær oʊ //UK // (ˈtɑːrəʊ) //

芋头,芋艿,香芋,洋芋

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural ta·ros.
- : a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific Islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- : the tuber itself.

as intuber

Synonyms

Among the professional bohemians of gentrified Tribeca, Karl Taro Greenfeld spins mesmerizing stories in Triburbia.
"We call it taro," one of the nearest group answered, greatly to our surprise, in perfectly good and clear English.
A very long time ago there lived in Japan a young fisherman named Urashima Taro.
Monckton, meanwhile, had made a raid on the native gardens and brought in quite a lot of taro.
A bushel of candle-nuts, and about the same quantity of taro and patara roots, completed our winter supplies.
Morton has, among other things, made a couple of nets, and a mortar and pestle for pounding bread-fruit and taro.