Definition of Tacca leontopetaloides

1. Noun. Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.

Exact synonyms: Indian Arrowroot, Pia, Tacca Pinnatifida
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Tacca, Tacca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tacca Leontopetaloides

Tabernaemontana
Tabernaemontana divaricate
Tabitha
Tabo
Tabor
Tabora
Taborite
Taborites
Tabriz
Tabuk
Tac antigen
Tacana
Tacaribe complex
Tacaribe complex of viruses
Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides (current term)
Tacca pinnatifida
Taccaceae
Tachelhit
Tachibana
Tachinidae
Tachyglossidae
Tachyglossus
Tachypleus
Tacitean
Tacitism
Tacitus
Tacoma
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Taconite

Literary usage of Tacca leontopetaloides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"... or prohibition against trespass on (a place or tree). tabu marker sochen mddy (socha-) (nu. phr.): tabu marker of breadfruit. Tacca leontopetaloides ..."

2. Botanisches Zentralblatt by Stockholm Botaniska sällskapet, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Botanischer Verein in München (1895)
"So Tacca leontopetaloides, palmata Bl., dubia Schult., T. in te grif olia. Gärtnerisch finden wir bei uns als bizarre Gewächse geschätzt namentlich T. er ..."

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