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Synonyms for taro

  • noun

Most common

elephant ears yam colocasia eddo dasheen cocoyam

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Yam — colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato

yam, elephant ears, eddo, colocasia, old cocoyam

2. Dasheen — food from a taro plant

dasheen, cocoyam, madumbi

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

  2. n. 2

    Food from a taro plant.

Related words

Phrases
giant taro swamp taro taro cake

Forms

Plural
taros → yams, eddoes, dasheens, cocoyams…

Example sentences

  • yam Have you ever eaten purple-yam ice cream?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tarosteady
yamsteady
colocasiasteady
eddosteady
dasheenfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
yam1
4 letters
eddo
7 letters
dasheen, cocoyam, madumbi
9 letters
colocasia

In other languages

Français
taro
Español
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