dalo(n = noun.plant) colocasia esculenta, dasheen, taro, taro plant - 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;
is a kind of aroid, arum
has parts: cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro
is a member of colocasia, genus colocasia