YAUTIA

Meaning of YAUTIA in English

[yau.tia] n [AmerSp yautia, fr. Taino] (1899): any of several aroid plants (genus Xanthosoma and esp. X. sagittifolium) chiefly of tropical America with starchy edible shaggy brown tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes; esp: one of these tubers

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

YAUTIA — noun Etymology: American Spanish yautía, from Taino Date: 1899 any of several aroid plants (genus Xanthosoma, especially X. sagittifolium ) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
YAUTIA — yau̇ˈtēə noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish yautía, from Taino : any of several aroids chiefly of tropical America …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YAUTIA — (n.) In Porto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like …
Английский словарь Webster
YAUTIA — /yow tee"euh/ , n. a stemless plant, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical America for its tuberous, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YAUTIA — noun Etymology: American Spanish yautía, from Taino Date: 1899 : any of several aroid plants (genus Xanthosoma, especially X. sagittifolium …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YAUTIA — add. ·noun in porto rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten …
Webster English vocab
YAUTIA — Pronunciation: ' yau ̇ -t ē - ə Function: noun Etymology: American Spanish yautía, from Taino Date: 1899 : any …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MALANGA — noun Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1853 taro , yautia
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COCOYAM — noun Etymology: probably coco + yam Date: 1922 taro , yautia
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COCO — I. noun also co·coa ˈkō(ˌ)kō ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish & Portuguese; Spanish coco, from Portuguese côco, literally, bogeyman, probably …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
XANTHOSOMA — ˌzan(t)thəˈsōmə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from xanth- + -soma : a genus of tropical American aroids having hastate …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TANIA — noun or tan·ier or tan·nia or tan·nier or tan·ya also tan·yah ˈtanēə(r), -nyə(r) ( -s ) Etymology: French tannie, perhaps …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOONFLOWER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: spoon (II) + flower; from the spoonlike end of the petiole : yautia a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MALANGA — məˈläŋgə noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, probably from Kongo, plural of elanga water lily 1. : taro 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDIAN KALE — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: indian (II) 2 : any of several large-leaved arums (family Araceae) with edible farinaceous …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOONFLOWER — (n.) The yautia.
Английский словарь Webster
MALANGA — noun Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1853 1. : taro 2. : yautia
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COCOYAM — noun Etymology: probably coco + yam Date: 1922 1. : taro 2. : yautia
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPOONFLOWER — add. ·noun the yautia.
Webster English vocab
COCOYAM — [co.co.yam] n [prob. coco + yam] (1922) 1: taro 2: yautia
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