malanga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia.
Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value.
Chinese taro (Alocasia cucullata, syn. Caladium colocasia).

name

malanga malangas

Borrowed from Italian Malanga.

cocoyam new cocoyam

malanga blanca malanga coco malanga lila

Italian: malanga Mopan Maya: mäkäl Polish: żółtosocza Polish: ksantosoma Polish: malanga Russian: мала́нга Spanish: macal Spanish: yautía

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