A tropical plant raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato
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The most flavorful of the "new" tubers sold in many supermarkets and many Latin American and Asian markets Treat as a potato, but do not overcook or it will become dry
A high-starch tuber grown in West Africa The American variety is called "dasheen " Although acrid in the raw state, taro has a nut-like flavor when cooked "Poi" is made from taro root Taro can be boiled, fried, baked, and used in soup
taros a tropical plant grown for its thick root, which is boiled and eaten. Herbaceous plant (Colocasia esculenta) of the arum family, probably native to Southeast Asia and taken to the Pacific islands. It is a staple crop cultivated for its large, starchy, spherical tubers, which, though poisonous raw, become edible with heating. They are consumed as a cooked vegetable or are made into puddings, breads, or Polynesian poi (a thin, pasty, highly digestible mass of fermented taro starch). Poi is a staple food in Hawaii. The large leaves (also poisonous raw) of the taro are commonly eaten stewed
A tropical plant raised as a food primarily for its corm that distantly resembles potato
The most flavorful of the "new" tubers sold in many supermarkets and many Latin American and Asian markets Treat as a potato, but do not over cook or it will become dry
tropical starchy tuberous root 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 edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental