1. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes
   "malanga is an important food crop in parts of the Caribbean";
   - yautia, tannia, spoonflower, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma atrovirens

Derived forms: malangas

Type of: aroid, arum

Part of: genus Xanthosoma, Xanthosoma

Encyclopedia: Malanga, Steven