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dasheen
(redirected from taro plant)

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dasheen: see arum arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and epiphytic plants found in moist to wet habitats of the tropics and subtropics; some are native to temperate zones.
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dasheen [da′shēn]
(botany)
Colocasia esculenta.A plant in the order Arales, grown for its edible corm.


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