malanga

See also: Malanga

English

Noun

malanga (plural malangas)

1. Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma.
2. The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value.

Translations

plant

• Italian: malanga (it)
• Mopan Maya: mäkäl

• Russian: мала́нга (ru) f (malánga)
• Spanish: (Central America) macal (es), (Puerto Rico) yautía

See also

• cocoyam, new cocoyam.

Anagrams

• Malagan, Málagan, Nagmaal, malagan

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Italian

Noun

malanga f (plural malanghe)

1. malanga
   • (Can we date this quote?), Gabriel García Márquez, Cent’anni di solitudine, translated from Spanish to Italian by Enrico Cicogna →ISBN, page 12:

     ... mentre Ursula e i bambini si rompevano la schiena nell’orto per coltivare il banano e la malanga, la manica e l’igname, la ahuyama e la melanzana.

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Portuguese

Noun

malanga f (plural malangas)

1. any of several arum family plants grown for their edible tubers: taro, malanga, eddo

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Spanish

Noun

malanga f (plural malangas)

1. malanga