The Clue
Edible paste (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TARO
Tags
Notes
The answer TARO is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
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Araceous plant
Edible arum
Edible root
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Hawaiian staple
Hawaiian tuber
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Pacific aroid
Pacific root
Poi ingredient
Poi source
Relative of a potato
Source of poi
Starch source
Starchy plant
Tropical plant
Tropical root
Tropical tuber
Edible Pacific plant
It's harvested in Hawaii
Member of the arum family
Plant of the arum family
Product of the coco yam
Root in Hawaiian cookery
South Sea staple
South Seas staple
Starchy edible root
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Tropical food staple
Whence poi comes
S. Pacific food plant
South Seas starch source
Definition
TARO as a noun:
1. (taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo) = edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
2. (taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta) = 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
3. (taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda) = tropical starchy tuberous root