alocasia : Idioms & Phrases
alocasia macrorrhiza
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noun large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental
giant taro.
WordNet
genus alocasia
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noun tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix
