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taro

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for taro.

Editorial note

One of the reasons Taro knows that Lloyds is the intermediary is because he'll probably want to use that to help him with some similar situation someday.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of taro gathered in one view.

noun

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

noun

Food from a taro plant.

noun

Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for taro.

Example sentences

1

One of the reasons Taro knows that Lloyds is the intermediary is because he'll probably want to use that to help him with some similar situation someday.

2

What about almonds, which are toxic in the wild species, or taro which is toxic until processed?

3

History num2words is based on an old library, pynum2word, created by Taro Ogawa in 2003.

4

I think it's very obvious that Taro has no agenda to perpetuate the mythology of SV.

5

The process sounds similar to how I use something acidic to process the toxins from Taro leaves before eating them.

6

Around the Pacific, taro has to be cooked and mashed before eating.

7

I believe Taro would be the first person to tell founders they should NOT follow their path to building a company.

8

It grows pretty easily over here, and is commonly used in a breadfruit-instead-of-taro version of poi called poi ulu (which should give you an indication of its flavor potency).

9

> I've got the forms and I'm pretty sure you could be Tanaka Taro by the end of today Now I see where point 39.

10

For some reason I thought the title was in reference to the folklore legend of Urashima Taro where upon his return from Ryugu he unsealed the forbidden treasure box resulting in rapid aging of him into an old man, and that the article is discussing the role of microorganism contamination in such a phenomenon.

Quote examples

1

For example: “I am going to have a conversation with my friend Taro.

2

The "Taro"'s of Japan, who always manage to find their way through a loophole & will go out of their way to help you find it, are quite common.

3

I don't care how I compare to Frank or Taro -- being better than Frank will not save me social embarrassment if I have to ask an accountant "Here is my...

4

I've got the forms and I'm pretty sure you could be Tanaka Taro by the end of today." (Bonus points: We filed a name change for Ruriko at the same time as getting married, and hers is based on what's written in the 戸籍 and her 住民票, which gives us the wonderful circumstance where "Wife took husband's name after marriage but, important note, their names will still fail naive string compares...

Proper noun examples

1

Taro and co have built a real company out of nothing, and they took a particular path to get there.

2

If you are in DC I highly recommend the tasting menu at Sushi Taro.

3

It ends with a similar remark from the author's prior experience as an American expatriate in a less populous and less cosmopolitan part of Japan, when a clerk remarked that Patrick McKenzie was a troublesome name to have in Japan, and why didn't he change it to something convenient and ordinary like Tanaka Taro[3].

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use taro in a sentence?

One of the reasons Taro knows that Lloyds is the intermediary is because he'll probably want to use that to help him with some similar situation someday.

What does taro mean?

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

What part of speech is taro?

taro is commonly used as noun.