colocasia esculenta

Questions about colocasia esculenta

What does colocasia esculenta mean?

colocasia esculenta means "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".

What is another word for colocasia esculenta?

Close synonyms include taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen. 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 colocasia esculenta a common word?

colocasia esculenta 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.