taro root

English Thesaurus

1. tropical starchy tuberous root (noun.food)

hypernym	:	root vegetable,
definition	:	any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers (noun.food)

part meronym	:	colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

substance meronym	:	poi,
definition	:	Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment (noun.food)