- 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
--1 is a kind of arum, aroid
--1 is a member of Colocasia, genus Colocasia
--1 has parts:taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda; taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo