A white or beige nearly odorless powder used as a thickening agent and stabilizer for food, produced by separating and grinding the endosperm of Tara spinosa seeds.

A trick-taking card game spread throughout the British Empire by Scottish soldiers; still played in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Lebanon and Afghanistan.

An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.

A surname.

(Buddhism) A female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.

(Northern England, Midlands or informal) goodbye; equivalent to the more geographically widespread ta ta

plural of Tara fern

Pteridium esculentum, a bracken of the Southern Hemisphere, with a thickened edible rhizome.

plural of tara gum

A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.