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yautia

[you-tee-uh]
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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.

Origin of yautia

1900–05; < American Spanish < Taino
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Historical Examples

  • Mulap-ut ang sabaw sa útan nga sagúlan ug bisul, Vegetable soup thickens if yautia is stewed with it.

    A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

    John U. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for yautia

yautia

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

Word Origin

C19: American Spanish, from Taino
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