gabi : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

gabi [gá.bi.] :

Colocasia esculenta (n.); taro (n.)

Synonyms: takway
Related words: kanaka; katnga; lagutmon; tukway

Derivatives of gabi

Glosses:

Colocasia esculenta
n. (plant)	1. colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant	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.
	~ edda, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, taro	tropical starchy tuberous root.
	~ aroid, arum	any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.
	~ colocasia, genus colocasia	small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro.
	~ cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro	edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
taro
n. (plant)	1. cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro	edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
	~ colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro plant, dasheen, taro	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.
	~ root	(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground.
n. (food)	2. cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro, taro root	tropical starchy tuberous root.
	~ root vegetable	any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers.
	~ poi	Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
	~ colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro plant, dasheen, taro	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.