noun
taro
TA-roh
noun
1
A tropical plant grown mainly for its starchy underground stem, which is eaten as food and resembles a potato.
"Taro is a staple crop across parts of Africa and the Pacific."
"They boiled the taro and mashed it into a thick paste."
2
Food made from this plant, or products flavoured with it.
"The bakery sells a purple taro-flavoured bun."
How to Use Taro
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA starchy root vegetable, and now also a popular flavour (often purple-coloured) in bubble tea and desserts.
Common pairings
taro root
taro bubble tea
taro flavour
Word Forms
taros plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Māori taro.