giant taro

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   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

   SynonymsAlocasia macrorrhiza

   Broaderalocasia

Questions about giant taro

What does giant taro mean?

giant taro 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 giant taro?

Close synonyms include Alocasia macrorrhiza. 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 giant taro a common word?

giant taro 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.