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kalo

kalo noun: taro (Colocasia esculenta).

Noun

kalo

  1. (Hawaii) taro (Colocasia esculenta)
    • Three hundred varieties of kalo are named in the Hawaiian language, 85 of which are still known today. In addition to being the source of the staple Hawaiian food poi, kalo was also used for fishing bait and as a dye.2010 December 31, Charles H. Fletcher, Robynne Boyd, William J. Neal, Virginia Tice, Living on the Shores of Hawaii: Natural Hazards, the Environment, and Our Communities, University of Hawaii Press...

Origin of kalo

Borrowed from Hawaiian kalo. Doublet of taro, from Maori.

Phrases with kalo

Questions about kalo

What does kalo mean?
Kalo means taro (Colocasia esculenta).
What part of speech is kalo?
Kalo is a noun.

Words near kalo in the dictionary

  1. Kalmycks
  2. Kalmyk
  3. Kalmykia
  4. Kalmyks
  5. Kalnik
  6. kalo
  7. Kalo Finnish Romani
  8. Kalo Nero
  9. kaloama
  10. Kalogeropoulos
  11. kalokagathia

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