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How to use taro in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Taro means colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. Example: “The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream.”

Examples of taro by meaning

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

  • The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream.2018, Lena Dominelli, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 134

More sentences with taro

  • “The emperor and his allies have decided to protect Querétaro from being taken by the Juaristas."2000, John Truett, Curse of the Emperor's Gold, page 107. From the entry Juarista
  • However, eddoe, taro and tania differ in their morphology and duration of growing period.1994, H Waaijenberg and E. Aguilar, Production and Partitioning of Dry Matter in Eddoe (Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum) (Bib. Orton…. From the entry tania
  • People spent the days before the visit fishing, octopusing, digging taro, cooking, and cleaning public spaces.1993, Poyer Lin, NGATIK MASSACRE PB, page 163. From the entry octopus
  • They introduced the gourd, taro and kumara from the Polynesian Islands to the New Zealanders.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 98. From the entry kumara
  • There were some trampled-looking patches of cassava and taro and a beached, derelict car or two.1970, Nadine Gordimer, A Guest of Honour, Penguin, published 1973, Part Two, p. 103. From the entry beached
  • "Or else," Great-Auntie paused for a moment, as if making a hard decision, "I'll buy you a piece of taro cake?"2009, George A. Fowler, transl., translated by George A Fowler, Riddles of Belief... and Love—A Story, Indianapolis, IN: Dog Ear…. From the entry taro cake
  • A member of the taro faily, the malanga produces a dark brown tuber with a rough, thick skin.1982 May 13, Kathryn W. Foster, “Tropical Treats”, in The Miami Herald, volume 72, number 164, page 16E. From the entry malanga blanca
  • Skip Step 4 and instead steam the taro unitil just soft, then break it roughly into chunks and small bits while it is still hot.2012, Christopher Tan, Amy Van, Chinese Heritage Cooking (Singapore Heritage Cookbooks), Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Cuisine, →ISBN…. From the entry yam cake
  • Thick slices of taro cake, richly flavored with scallops, mushrooms, shrimp, Chinese bacon, and creamy taro, are pan-fried until golden brown and fragrant.1999, Grace Young, The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster…. From the entry taro cake
  • The women cook some taro in pots, which the boys are permitted to eat, while the pigflesh is consumed by the old men.1915, E[rnest] W[illiam] P[earson] Chinnery, W[ilfred] N[orman] Beaver, “Notes on the Initiation Ceremonies of the Koko, Papua”, in The…. From the entry pigflesh
  • So used one for a Nun's Orchid, another for a big pot of the black-leaved taro, and another for a bunch of Bleeding Heart (Clerodendrum thomsoniae).1999 May 10, Ladybug, “Re: What Did You Do This Weekend?”, in rec.gardens (Usenet), message-ID <37376EB2.3CFF8959@infohwy.com>. From the entry hibisci
  • The round calabash is a perfect image for the feminine womb, within which the arduously pounded taro is contained and then offered as the very staff of life.1989, Rita Knipe, The Water of Life: A Jungian Journey Through Hawaiian Myth, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry staff of life
  • Caution should be used in tasting uncooked dasheens, for there is always the possibility that an acrid taro of similar appearance has become mixed with the nonacrid variety.1953, M. W. Stone, F. B. Foley, D. H. Bixby, Effect of Soil Applications of Insecticides on the Growth and Yield of Vegetable Crops, page 3. From the entry nonacrid

Meaning of taro

  1. noun Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
  2. noun Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
  3. noun Food from a taro plant.

Full definition of taro

Questions about taro in a sentence

How do you use taro in a sentence?
Taro is used as a noun. For example: “The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream.”
What is a short sentence with taro?
“The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream.”
What does taro mean?
Taro means colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

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