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/ˈtæɹəʊ/ · noun
Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato..
The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream. Even though taro is the key ingredient in the ice cream, people in this area bought taro from other regions. During the post-Typhoon Morakot reconstruction process, JCA and other local organisations encouraged large numbers of farmers in Jiasian to grow taro. The Agriculture Bureau then started investing in Jiasian taro farming. Local taro ice cream makers are now using local taro to support local agriculture.
Use taro when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Taro means Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato..
Common synonyms include colocasia, elephant ears, eddo, old cocoyam.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream. Even though taro is the key ingredient in the ice cream, people in this area bought taro from other regions. During the post-Typhoon Morakot reconstruction process, JCA and other local organisations encouraged large numbers of farmers in Jiasian to grow taro. The Agriculture Bureau then started investing in Jiasian taro farming. Local taro ice cream makers are now using local taro to support local agriculture.
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