ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA

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Meaning:

Large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental

Synonyms:

Alocasia macrorrhiza; giant taro

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Alocasia macrorrhiza" is a kind of...):

alocasia; elephant's ear; elephant ear (any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries)

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