colocasia

colocasia noun: taro; eddo.

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Noun

colocasia (uncountable)

(uncommon) Taro; eddo.
- He says: "The manner of operating is to plant a colocasia root in a place constantly exposed to the sun, where one can water it abundantly and continuously and protect it from wind."1913, Paul Popenoe, Date Growing in the Old World and the New, page 303
- Dioscorides (2.128) gives a good description of the sacred lotus, which he calls the Egyptian bean (Αἰγύπτιος κύαμος). He calls its root colocasia (κολοκασἰα). Columella (RR 8.15.4), speaking of the colocasia, which he, too, calls the Egyptian bean, says that "the middle part of the pond should be...2002, Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski, The Natural History of Pompeii

சேப்பங்கிழங்கு

He calls its root colocasia (κολοκασἰα).2002, Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski, The Natural History of Pompeii:
AFM surface height map and 2D profile showing the dynamic shrinking of a colocasia leaf.2006, Bharat Bhushan, editor, Applied Scanning Probe Methods III: Characterization:

Borrowed from Latin colocasia.

What does colocasia mean?: Colocasia means taro; eddo.
What is colocasia in Tamil?: Colocasia in Tamil is சேப்பங்கிழங்கு. See Colocasia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use colocasia in a sentence?: He calls its root colocasia (κολοκασἰα).
What part of speech is colocasia?: Colocasia is a noun.

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