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‖ Tacca Bot.|ˈtækə|
[mod.L., a. Malay.]
Name of a small genus of tropical herbs with tuberous roots, the type of a natural order Taccaceæ. The tubers of T. pinnatifida yield the starch known as South-sea arrow-root.
1866Treas. Bot. 1119/1 Tacca chiefly differs from its ally Ataccia in having a one-celled instead of a three-celled fruit.
Hence ˈtaccad, any plant of the N.O. Taccaceæ.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 149 Order xliii. Taccaceæ.—Taccads. 1855E. Smith Bot. in Orr's Circ. Sc. 187 Narcissales..(N.O.) 43 Taccaceæ or Taccads. |