TACCA

(Lat.), n. f. Ta2k(ta3k)'ka3. Fr., t. A genus of herbs, of the Taccacece, which are an order of monocotyledons closely related to the Amaryllideo2. [a, 35.] T. oceaiiica. A Sandwich Islands species furnishing Tahiti arrow-root, [a, 35.] T. palmata. A species found in Java and the Moluccas. The tubers furnish a nourishing farina inferior to that of T. pinnatifid a. [a, 35.] T. pinnatifid a. Fr., t. pinnatifide. Otaheite salep-plant, pi-plant; a species cultivated in the Oceanic Islands. Its tubers yield a variety of arrow-root especially suitable to cases of diarrhoea and dysentery, [a, 35.] [s. 589]