Pia (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Indian arrowroot; pia; Tacca leontopetaloides; Tacca pinnatifida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pia" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("pia" is a member of...):

genus Tacca; Tacca (genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers)

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