Tacca

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Tacca - genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowersgenus Taccaliliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistilsfamily Taccaceae, Taccaceae - small family of tropical herbsIndian arrowroot, pia, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida - perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch

Tacca

a genus of perennial herbs of the family Taccaceae. The plants have tuberous or spreading rhizomes and large entire or pinnatisect leaves gathered in a rosette. The flowers, which are in umbellate inflorescences, have green, dark brown, reddish brown, or violet perianths. The fruit is a berry. There are about 30 species, distributed mainly in Southeast Asia. The species T. leontopetaloides (also known as T. pinnatifida) is cultivated in the tropics of the eastern hemisphere. Its rhizomes yield a starch with food value.

TACCA

Acronym	Definition
TACCA➣Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association (est. 1969)
TACCA➣Tactical Communications Area

Tacca

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Synonyms for Tacca

noun genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers

Synonyms

genus Tacca

Related Words

liliid monocot genus
family Taccaceae
Taccaceae
Indian arrowroot
pia
Tacca leontopetaloides
Tacca pinnatifida

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