plural taros
: 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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Inside, Puna goat cheese, fresh fruit, and taro lavash crackers were waiting.
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Sarah Sekula, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2024
Popular flavors include lychee, taro and winter melon; Darjeeling and Lady Grey, not so much.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
And the milk teas include rose, taro and matcha flavors.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Other drink flavors available on Wednesday included taro milk tea and Thai tea.
—Irene Adeline Milanez, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
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Sarah Sekula, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2024
Popular flavors include lychee, taro and winter melon; Darjeeling and Lady Grey, not so much.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
And the milk teas include rose, taro and matcha flavors.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Other drink flavors available on Wednesday included taro milk tea and Thai tea.
—Irene Adeline Milanez, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
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“Taro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taro. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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