plural taros
Definition of taro
: a large-leaved tropical Asian plant (Colocasia esculenta) of the arum family grown throughout the tropics for its edible starchy corms and cormels and in temperate regions for ornament
also
: its corms and cormels typically cooked as a vegetable or ground into flour
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The first known use of taro was in 1769
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