Purple root that can flavor bubble tea (4)

I believe the answer is:

taro

(Other definitions for taro that I've seen before include "Chinese eddo" , "Tropical plant with edible tuberous roots" , "Fortune-telling cards" , "A rot turns the lily-like plant" , "Root to eat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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