noun (n)

• edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants(noun.plant)

  Synonym:
  cocoyam, dasheen, eddo
  

  source: wordnet30
• herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves(noun.plant)

  Synonym:
  colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro plant
  

  source: wordnet30
• tropical starchy tuberous root(noun.food)

  Synonym:
  cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro root
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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 rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.(noun)

  source: webster1913