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PIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
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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