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

Derived forms: tannias

Type of: aroid, arum

Part of: genus Xanthosoma, Xanthosoma

Encyclopedia: Tannia