Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malanga
1 sense of malanga
Sense 1
yautia, tannia, spoonflower, malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma atrovirens -- (tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes)
=> arum, aroid -- (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)