malanga

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malanga¹

noun 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).

Malanga²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Malanga.

proper noun Malangas

  1. A surname from Italian.

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noun Xanthostoma plant

Españolmacal, yautía
Italianomalanga
Русскиймала́нга malánga

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@misc{malanga_2026,
  title = {malanga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/malanga},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}