Etymology of taro

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    [
      "taro",
      "taro#Māori"
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      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
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    {
      "pos": "noun",
      "glosses": [
        "Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.",
        "Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.",
        "Food from a taro plant."
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