Pronunciation: ' yau ̇ -t ē - ə
Function: noun
Etymology: American Spanish yautía, from Taino
Date: 1899
: any of several aroid plants (genus Xanthosoma, especially X. sagittifolium ) chiefly of tropical America with starchy edible shaggy brown tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes also : one of these tubers