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    TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starchplay

    Synonyms:

    Indian arrowroot; pia; Tacca leontopetaloides; Tacca pinnatifida

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Tacca leontopetaloides" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Holonyms ("Tacca leontopetaloides" is a member of...):

    genus Tacca; Tacca (genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers)

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