Difference between Taro and Cocoyam

TARO vs COCOYAM: NOUN

Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
A widely cultivated tropical Asian aroid plant (Colocasia esculenta) having broad peltate leaves and large starchy edible tubers.
The tuber of this plant.
Any of several similar plants of the South American genus Xanthosoma, having sagittate leaves.
The starchy edible tuber of this plant.
A gold coin of the Arab emirs of Sicily of the tenth and eleventh centuries; of the Lombard dukes of the seventh century; of the Two Sicilies under Norman rule in the fourth century; of Amalfi in the eleventh century.
A food-plant, Colocasia antiquorum, especially the variety esculenta, a native of India, but widely cultivated in the warmer parts of the globe, particularly in the Pacific islands.
Tropical starchy tuberous root
A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy tuberous rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.
Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
Food from a taro plant.
A money of account and coin of silver, and also of copper, formerly used in Malta under the Grand Masters.

Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
Tropical starchy tuberous root
New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.

Rice, Breadfruit, Papaya, Shintaro, Nom, Tarot, Rootstock, Taro plant, Eddo, Edda, Cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta, Dasheen, Dalo, Taro root

Pawpaw, Malanga, Manioc, Cashew nut, Finger millet, Kola nut, Yam bean, Yam, Plantain, Cassava, Edda, Eddo, Taro, Taro root, Dasheen

Leafy vegetable, Radish, Coconut, Cabbage, Pineapple, Cassava, Rice, Breadfruit, Papaya, Tarot, Rootstock, Edda, Colocasia esculenta, Dasheen, Dalo

Bottle gourd, Groundnut, Dioscorea, Breadfruit, Pawpaw, Malanga, Manioc, Cashew nut, Finger millet, Yam bean, Yam, Cassava, Edda, Taro, Dasheen

Hedge Funds Were Buying Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Olson covering cassava, tannia, taro, boniato, tropical sweetpotato.
Cassava starch was found to have a higher pH and moisture content compared to taro starches while taro starches had a higher ash content.
Taro Securities Class Action Securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, alleging a number of issues with its business practices.
Currently the farm in its Crop section has been undergoing a Taro Improvement Project (TIP) planting and distributing improved taro cultivars to the farmers.
To separate taro corm from stalk; to pick taro.
Taro Improvement Project Club members - farmer field visit in 2002 USP technician observing selected hybrid taro recommended for on-farm evaluation.
3 "Taro Misaki is Back" "Kaettekita Misaki Taro" The annual Nankatsu city soccer tournament opens.
You know where Robert was working the taro patch, went on my taro patch?
Taro is a Thai food brand Taro focused on the making of very popular snacks.

The setts are planted directly in the field, almost always in a mixture of other crops such as maize, cassava, cocoyam and vegetables.
And Tchiroma, little pinguiss, Big boy Atanga Nji, cocoyam head ngole ngole et al, bit their fingers.
Maize, fingermillet, cassava, sweet potatoe and cocoyam are also grown in the area.
Arable crops being cultivated include maize, yam, cassava, cocoyam, rice, and sweet potato.
Results indicated that cocoyam can be successfully micropropagated in vitro through various procedures.
Cocoyam: mall round, brown root, size of a potato.
Assessing transferability of Sweetpotato EST SSR primers to cocoyam and micropropagation of nine elite cocoyam varieties in Ghana.