"taro" meaning in Tok Pisin

See taro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From English taro. Etymology templates: {{inh|tpi|en|taro}} English taro Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} taro
  1. The taro plant. Categories (lifeform): Plants, Vegetables

Download JSON data for taro meaning in Tok Pisin (1.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tok Pisin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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