Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun colocasia_esculenta

1 sense of colocasia esculenta

Sense 1
taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta -- (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)
       => arum, aroid -- (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)