giant taro
- noun
- Australian
- Farmers in Southeast Asia often plant giant taro for its starchy edible rhizomes.
Examples
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The giant taro added a dramatic touch to the garden with its huge green leaves.
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The leaves of the giant taro can grow over a meter long in favorable conditions.
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The giant taro grows well in tropical climates.
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I planted a giant taro in my garden.
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Farmers in Southeast Asia often plant giant taro for its starchy edible rhizomes.
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The giant taro added a dramatic touch to the garden with its huge green leaves.
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The leaves of the giant taro can grow over a meter long in favorable conditions.
Synonyms
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6.5
A tropical plant with large leaves grown for its starchy edible root used like a potato
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A tropical plant with big leaves whose root you can cook and eat
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A tropical plant grown for its starchy edible root and large shiny leaves
A large tropical plant with big leaves grown for its edible root and shoots and used in gardens
A tropical plant with a large root used as food
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a very large taro plant' is directly and compositionally derived from 'giant' (very large) + 'taro' (the plant), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. Adjective+noun size constructions are common cross-linguistically and follow standard English patterns, making this expression immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Giant taro comes from the words giant and taro, so you can picture a very large taro plant with huge leaves and a thick edible root. That's why the name means 'a big tropical plant grown for its edible root and showy leaves'.