cocoyam vs taro

cocoyam

noun
  • Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro. 

  • New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga. 

taro

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

  • Food from a taro plant. 

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

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