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 (Alocasia cucullata, syn. Caladium colocasia).

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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.

Portuguese

Noun

malanga f (plural malangas)

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

Spanish

Noun

malanga f (plural malangas)

  1. malanga
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