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dasheen

noun

1. edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

• Syn: ↑taro, ↑cocoyam, ↑eddo

• Hypernyms: ↑root

• Part Holonyms: ↑taro, ↑taro plant, ↑dalo, ↑Colocasia esculenta

2. tropical starchy tuberous root

• Syn: ↑taro, ↑taro root, ↑cocoyam, ↑edda

• Hypernyms: ↑root vegetable

• Substance Holonyms: ↑poi

• Part Holonyms: ↑taro, ↑taro plant, ↑dalo, ↑Colocasia esculenta

3. herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves

• Syn: ↑taro, ↑taro plant, ↑dalo, ↑Colocasia esculenta

• Hypernyms: ↑arum, ↑aroid

• Member Holonyms: ↑Colocasia, ↑genus Colocasia

• Part Meronyms: ↑taro, ↑taro root, ↑cocoyam, ↑edda, ↑eddo

Useful english dictionary. 2012.