dalo
/ˈdɑloʊ/
noun
- A tropical plant grown for its large, starchy underground stem (corm), which is eaten as a staple food in many parts of the world, especially the Pacific Islands; also called taro.
- She boiled the dalo until it was soft, then mashed it with coconut milk.
- The farmer harvested several kilograms of dalo from his flooded field.
- In Fiji, dalo is a traditional crop used to make poi and other dishes.
- The edible corm of the dalo plant, used as a vegetable.
- For dinner, we had roasted dalo with fish and greens.
- The market had fresh dalo from the highlands, still covered in soil.
- Dalo can be baked, fried, or boiled, much like a potato.