Starchy plant
The crossword clue "Starchy plant" is answered by TARO, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TARO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TARO answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for TARO
Every other clue in this collection answered by TARO, most used first.
- Poi source - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
- Poi base - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Tropical tuber - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Poi ingredient - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Edible root - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Source of poi - used 46 times, most recently in 2024
- Hawaiian tuber - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Elephant's-ear - used 38 times, most recently in 2016
- Poi root - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Poi plant - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Tropical root - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Edible tuber - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
- South Seas staple - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
- Starch source - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Bubble tea flavor - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Hawaiian root - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Tropical plant. - used 12 times, most recently in 1999
- Poi, essentially - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Starchy tuber - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Tropical food staple - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Edible rootstock - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Pacific tuber - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Poi, basically - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Root for Hawaiians - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Starchy tropical root - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Edible Pacific tuber - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Hawaiian staple - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Luau staple - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Pacific aroid - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Poi need - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Root vegetable used to make poi - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Hawaiian food staple - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Pacific root - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- South Seas tuber - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Starchy root - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Starchy tropical plant - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Tropical root vegetable - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Tropical starch source - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Edible tuber of Polynesia - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Luau root - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Polynesian staple - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Popular bubble tea flavor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
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- Marsh plant - REED, used 124 times
- Lily plant - ALOE, used 117 times
- Succulent plant - ALOE, used 100 times
- Soothing plant - ALOE, used 82 times
- Plant with fronds - FERN, used 79 times
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