Noun: pia pee-u or pI-u
- Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
"Pia is an important food crop in some Pacific Island cultures";
- Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida
Derived forms: pias
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Tacca, Tacca
Encyclopedia: Pia, Maria