alocasia macrorrhiza

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsgiant taro

   Broaderalocasia

Questions about alocasia macrorrhiza

What does alocasia macrorrhiza mean?

alocasia macrorrhiza means "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".

What is another word for alocasia macrorrhiza?

Close synonyms include giant taro. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alocasia macrorrhiza a common word?

alocasia macrorrhiza is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.