Taro Taro (; ''Colocasia esculenta'') is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and Petiole (botany), petioles. Taro corms are a ...

(''Colocasia esculenta'') is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms. Taro may also refer to:

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Alocasia macrorrhizos ''Alocasia macrorrhizos'' is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that it is native to rainforests of Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland and has long been cultivated in South Asia, the Philippines, many Pac ...

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Cyrtosperma merkusii ''Cyrtosperma merkusii'' or giant swamp taro, is a crop grown throughout Oceania and into South and Southeast Asia. It is a riverine and "swamp crop" similar to taro, but "with bigger leaves and larger, coarser roots." There are no demonstrably ...

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Xanthosoma sagittifolium ''Xanthosoma sagittifolium'', or tannia, is a tropical flowering plant from the family Araceae. It produces an edible, starchy corm. ''X. sagittifolium'' is native to tropical America where it has been first cultivated. Around the 19th century, t ...

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Taro (river) The Taro (Latin ''Tarus'') is a river in Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy. It is a tributary of the Po and is long. It flows almost entirely in the province of Parma, west of the city Parma. The Taro flows into the Po near Gramignazzo, a fra ...

, a river in northern Italy * Taro (department), a former administrative division of the First French Empire in present Italy, named after the Taro River * Tarō, Iwate, Japan (田老町), former town in Shimohei District, Iwate Prefecture (now part of Miyako) *

Taro Island Taro Island is a small island in Solomon Islands with 507 inhabitants. It is the capital of Choiseul Province and is located in Choiseul Bay off the northwest coast. Taro Island is home to the Choiseul Bay Airport, served by Solomon Airlines wi ...

, community in the Solomon Islands, capital of Choiseul Province * Tarou, Dominica, a small village in western

Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...

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Tarō (given name) (alternatively romanized ''Taro'', ''Tarô'', ''Talo'', ''Taroh'' or ''Tarou''), is a stand-alone masculine Japanese given name or a common name second half of such a name (literally meaning "eldest son"). Tarō can also be used as a surname, bu ...

, a Japanese name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name *

David Taro David Taro is a Solomon Islands soccer defender. He usually played as a right back. He was part of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He played for Honiara Rangers F.C. from 2007 to 2010; and for Hekari United F.C., based in Port Moresby, Papua ...

(born 1984), Solomon Islands soccer defender *

Gerda Taro Gerta Pohorylle (1 August 1910 – 26 July 1937), known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German War photography, war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first female Photojournalism, photojournalist to hav ...

(1910–1937), German war photographer *

Volkswagen Taro The Volkswagen Taro was a 1 tonne pickup truck that was introduced in January 1989 by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to complement the half tonne Volkswagen Caddy, Caddy pickup / panel van ranges, and the 1 tonne Volkswagen Eurovan ...

, a pickup truck, rebadge of the Toyota Hilux * ''

Ultraman Taro is the fifth entry (sixth overall) in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 6, 1973, to April 5, 1974, with a total of 53 episodes. Plot Kotaro Higashi is a wanderer who jo ...

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48 Infantry Division Taro 48 may refer to: * 48 (number) * one of the years 48 BC, AD 48, 1948, 2048 * ''48'' (novel) * ''48'' (magazine) * "48", a song by Tyler, the Creator from the album ''Wolf'' * 48, a phone network brand of Three Ireland * "Forty Eight", a song by ...

, an Italian infantry division of World War II * "Taro", a song by the British band alt-J from the 2012 album ''

An Awesome Wave ''An Awesome Wave'' is the debut album by English indie rock band Alt-J, released on 25 May 2012 through Infectious. The album includes the singles " Matilda"/" Fitzpleasure", " Breezeblocks" and " Tessellate". It peaked at number thirteen on ...

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Taro Pharmaceuticals Taro Pharmaceutical Industries is an Israeli research-based pharmaceutical manufacturer that was publicly listed in the New York Stock Exchange before it was acquired by Sun Pharma. The company has more than 180 of its own drugs sold all over the ...

, a pharmaceutical manufacturer *

Territorial Army Reserve of Officers The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army. It is separate from the Regular Reserve whose members are ex-Regular personnel who retain a statutory liability for service. Descended from the Territorial Force ( ...

, former name of the U.K. Army Reserve * The monetary unit in the online game '' Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall'' * Taro, a dog that survived a winter in Antarctica; see

Taro and Jiro Taro (タロ; 1955–1970) and Jiro (ジロ; 1955–1960) were two Sakhalin Husky, Sakhalin Huskies who survived for eleven months in Antarctica after being left behind by the 1958 Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Due to poor weather co ...

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