colocasia

English Thesaurus

1. small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	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)

member meronym	:	araceae, arum family, family araceae,
definition	:	anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron (noun.plant)