yautia

American  

[you-tee-uh] / yaʊˈti ə /

noun

1. a stemless plant, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical America for its tuberous, starchy root, cooked and eaten like potatoes.

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yautia British  

/ ˈjɔːtɪə /

noun

1. any of several Caribbean aroid plants of the genus Xanthosoma, such as X. sagittifolium, cultivated for their edible leaves and underground stems

2. the leaves or underground stems of these plants, which can be eaten as vegetables

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Etymology

Origin of yautia

First recorded in 1900–05; from Latin American Spanish, from Taíno

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