genus alocasia

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   tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofAraceae

Questions about genus alocasia

What does genus alocasia mean?

genus alocasia means "tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix".

Is genus alocasia a common word?

genus alocasia 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.