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Taro (/ ˈ t ɑːr oʊ, ˈ t ær-/; Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic, East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures (similar to ...
The Mojave Desert is the hottest desert in North America, located primarily in southeastern California and Southern Nevada. Its total area is 22,000 sq mi (57,000 km 2 ). The largest cold desert is the Great Basin Desert , which encompasses much of the northern Basin and Range Province , north of the Mojave Desert.
Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
Taro (river), a river in northern Italy; Taro (department), a former administrative division of the First French Empire in present Italy, named after the Taro River; Tarō, Iwate, Japan (田老町), former town in Shimohei District, Iwate Prefecture (now part of Miyako) Taro Island, community in the Solomon Islands, capital of Choiseul Province
They grow best in rich loam soil with good drainage, but they can be grown in poorer soil, in drier climates, and in cooler temperatures than taro. [3] Eddoes are also sometimes called malangas in Spanish-speaking areas, but that name is also used for other plants of the family Araceae, including tannia (Xanthosoma spp.). [3]
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Cyrtosperma merkusii or giant swamp taro, is a crop grown throughout Oceania and into South and Southeast Asia. It is a riverine and "swamp crop" similar to taro, [1] but "with bigger leaves and larger, coarser roots." [2] There are no demonstrably wild populations today [citation needed], but it is believed to be native to Indonesia.
Variant of Mingwe, what the Lenape once called the related Susquehannock Indians of Pennsylvania. Mississinawa - Miami. Name of a river tributary to the Wabash. From nimacihsinwi, "it lies on a slope." Montezuma - named for the last Tlatoani (Emperor) of the Aztec Empire, Moctezuma II. Nimishillen - Lenape. from Ni + Missilla, or Waters of the ...