taro

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This is the third straight year that lawmakers have tried to pass a law protecting Hawaiian taro, which is used to make the starchy food poi and revered as an ancestor of the Hawaiian people.

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  1. noun A widely cultivated tropical Asian plant (Colocasia esculenta) having broad peltate leaves and a large starchy edible tuber.
  2. noun The tuber of this plant.
  3. noun A similar plant of the genus Xanthosoma.
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  • Kaohis've got themselves a nice little business: Along with taro, they grow organic produce, sell it to the fancier restaurants down at Poipu. —  Muller, Marcia - [22] A Walk through the fire.htm
  • The root fries ($5) - seasoned taro, sweet-potato and potato fries, served with spicy ketchup - had a nice kick, thanks to a bit of cayenne, paprika and garlic powder. —  The Seattle Times
  • The former dress of the men was the taro, a kilt joined between the legs, so as to form a wide and very short pair of breeches. —  A Voyage round the World A book for boys
  • The roots of the taro are from six inches to a foot in length, and three or four inches in diameter. —  A Voyage round the World A book for boys
  • I like the taro," said George. —  The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
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  1. Probably Tahitian.

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  1. Also tara; from Polynesian taro.
  2. Italian
 

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