taro

Other forms of taro

plural

taroes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about taro

What does taro mean?

taro means "edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in taro?

taro has 2 syllables: tar-o. The stress falls on "tar". In IPA it is /ˈtɛɹoʊ/.

What is another word for taro?

Close synonyms include cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro plant, dalo. 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 taro a common word?

taro is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.