Taro vs. Yam
Difference Between Taro and Yam
Taronoun
A widely cultivated tropical Asian aroid plant (Colocasia esculenta) having broad peltate leaves and large starchy edible corms.
Yamnoun
Any of numerous chiefly tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea, many of which have edible tuberous roots.
Taronoun
The corm of this plant. In both senses also called cocoyam.
Yamnoun
The starchy root of any of these plants, used in the tropics as food.
Taronoun
Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
Yamnoun
See sweet potato.
Taronoun
Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
Yamnoun
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
Taronoun
Food from a taro plant.
Yamnoun
The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
Taronoun
edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
Yamnoun
(US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
Taronoun
herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
Yamnoun
(Scotland) Potato.
Taronoun
tropical starchy tuberous root
Yamnoun
(NZ) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
Yamnoun
Taro.
Yamnoun
An orange-brown colour, like that of yam.
Yamnoun
edible tuber of any of several yams
Yamnoun
any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
Yamnoun
sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked
Yamnoun
edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
