The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Colocasia antiquorum — Taro Ta ro, n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.) A name for several aroid plants ({Colocasia antiquorum}, var. {esculenta}, {Colocasia macrorhiza}, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate sagittate leaves and large fleshy tuberous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
esculenta — Taro Ta ro, n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.) A name for several aroid plants ({Colocasia antiquorum}, var. {esculenta}, {Colocasia macrorhiza}, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate sagittate leaves and large fleshy tuberous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Taro — Ta ro, n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.) A name for several aroid plants ({Colocasia antiquorum}, var. {esculenta}, {Colocasia macrorhiza}, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate sagittate leaves and large fleshy tuberous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
АРОИДНЫЕ — (аронниковые) (Araceae), семейство однодольных растений. Включает около 150 родов и более 2000 видов травянистых наземных, реже водных многолетников, эпифитов и лиан. Распространены главным образом в тропических, а также в умеренно теплых… … Энциклопедический словарь
