aroid vs taro

aroid and taro both are nouns.

aroid is an adjective but taro is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aroid	Yes	Yes	No	No
taro	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, taro is a hyponym of aroid; that is, taro is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aroid:

aroid: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
taro: 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

Other hyponyms of aroid include Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies, Arum palaestinum, black calla, alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear, amorphophallus, Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato, Amorphophallus rivieri, devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum, Amorphophallus titanum, krubi, titan arum, Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robin, Arisaema dracontium, green dragon, Arisarum vulgare, friar's-cowl, caladium, Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro plant, Dieffenbachia sequine, dumb cane, mother-in-law's tongue, mother-in-law plant, dracontium, Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragon, nephthytis, malanga, spoonflower, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia.

aroid (noun)	taro (noun)
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe	tropical starchy tuberous root
	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

aroid (adjective)	taro (adjective)
relating to a plant of the family Araceae

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