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taro

[tahr-oh, tair-oh, tar-oh] / ˈtɑr oʊ, ˈtɛər oʊ, ˈtær oʊ /


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And yellowfin tuna with dashes of avocado and taro chips?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The restaurant is famous for its taro ball desserts, grass jelly and shaved ice - treats not normally found on the menu in Yorkshire, but a popular treat for many in Taiwan and surrounding countries.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2024

“It hurts,” said Foster Ampong, 65, who has family members who lost homes in Lahaina and spends much of his time in Olowalu helping other relatives farm taro.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2024

After the school closed, the program held classes outdoors, away from the burn zone, and focused on cultural learning such as making bamboo trumpets and working in taro patches.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2023

For example, our plan for the weekend is to harvest two taro patches and plant another.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

The magic here is quite clear: stones resembling taros are buried in the taro field to promote the growth of taros.

From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)

The sacrifices to the spirits consist of bananas, sugar-cane, and fish, never of taros or yams.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

It consisted of pigeon, chickens, taros, and yams, but poor Mataafa, who had previously adjourned for evening service, could not share the birds because it was a fast day.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

Our yams and our taros even now are suffering from it.

From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant

Fishing one day a week and cultivating a few yams and taros on another day would supply their food, and the women made tappa for their few garments out of the bark of trees.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh




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