Noun

1. Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma
2. The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value

Noun

1. malanga

   ... 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. — Cent’anni di solitudine by Gabriel García Márquez, translated from Spanish by Enrico Cicogna; ISBN 88-04-48336-9; page 12, line 21