taro root
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- noun
- /ˈtɑːroʊ ruːt/
:
raíz de taro
- They love tubers like yams, like jicama, like Taro root, like yuca or Yucca.
They love tubers like yams, like picama, like Taro root, like yuca or yuca.
- They love tubers like yams, like picama, like Taro root, like yuca or yuca.
Examples
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Moana and Tapairo pour thick coconut milk and fish soup into him, alternating with mashed papaya and taro root.
Fiction book (1995) -
In many cultures, taro root is a staple food that is often boiled and served as a side dish.
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Don't trip on the taro root
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This is taro root!
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They love tubers like yams, like picama, like Taro root, like yuca or yuca.
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The dish was prepared using taro root, which added a unique flavor and texture to the meal.
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For dessert, she made a sweet pudding from taro root that was a hit at the family gathering.
Synonyms
A large root like a potato that people cook and eat in tropical countries
A starchy root like a potato that people cook and eat in tropical countries
How Starchy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'taro root' is a straightforward compound denoting the root of the taro plant; if a learner knows 'taro' (a plant cultivated for its edible root) and 'root' (the underground organ), the meaning follows directly. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and many languages form equivalent noun + noun combinations, so this is immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Taro root comes from the tropical plant taro and its thick underground root, a potato-like tuber that people dig up and cook. Because whole communities long relied on this 'starchy' 'staple food' for their everyday meals, the name now means the important edible root we eat today.