Vocabulary : Taro to Tarragon
Taro : 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 rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.Tarot : A game of cards; -- called also taroc.
Tarpan : A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Tarpaulin : A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc. ;; A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others. ;; Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
Tarpeian : Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled.
