The Collaborative International Dictionary
esculenta
Taro \Ta"ro\, n. [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.