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Taro

Ta′ro

,
Noun.
[From the Polynesian name.]
(Bot.)
A name for several aroid plants (
Colocasia antiquorum
, var.
esculenta
,
Colocasia macrorhiza
, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy tuberous rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.

Definition 2024

taró

taró

See also: taro, Taro, tarò, tarô, tarõ, Tarō, and țaro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

taró m (plural tarós)

  1. (music) snare (type of drum)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

taró m (plural tarós)

  1. (Portugal) intense cold
  2. (Portugal) a cold wind

Etymology 3

Noun

taró m (usually uncountable, plural tarós)

  1. Alternative form of tarô

Spanish

Verb

taró

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) preterite indicative form of tarar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) preterite indicative form of tarar.

Etymology

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