malanga

See also: Malanga

English

Noun

malanga (plural malangas)

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

Translations

Xanthostoma plant

• Italian: malanga (it)
• Mopan Maya: mäkäl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: мала́нга (ru) f (malánga)
• Spanish: (Central America) macal (es), (Puerto Rico) yautía (es)

See also

• cocoyam, new cocoyam.

References

• “malanga”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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