1. taro - Noun
2. Taro - Proper noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA fungal blight decimated the plants, and in each year since 1994 taro exports have accounted for less than 1% of export revenue. Source: Internet
Also important to the Indigenous Taiwanese people’s cuisine are the sweet potato and taro, favoured for their perennial nature and low maintenance. Source: Internet
But a fungal blight decimated the plants, and in each year since 1994 taro exports have accounted for less than 1% of export revenue. Source: Internet
But Ishiba may be overtaken in the succession race by others closer within the party establishment, such as Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Defense Minister Taro Kono or economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura. Source: Internet
Another more popular taro plants the roots grow in shallow waters and the stems and leaves above the surface of the water. Source: Internet
Before the Taiwan Miracle made rice affordable to everyone, taro was one of the main staple foods in Taiwan. Source: Internet