Meaning of malanga coco | Babel Free

Definitions

A variety of malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, a starchy tropical root vegetable related to taro, distinguished by having corms that are round like coconuts.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“Stemberg paused next to the yautias and the malangas coco. Yautias and malangas coco? “We're trying out a line of Spanish foods,” he explained earnestly, one arms waving across a small garden of browns, greens and yellows.”

“Tropical tubers alone are staggering in their diversity, including white and yellow true yams, sweet potatoes, yucca, yautia, African yams, malanga coco, fresh batata, and several kinds of potatoes.”

“In the 1960s, newly arrived Cuban farmers, mostly from Las Villas, planted tropical tubers and fruits, such as yuca (cassava), sweet potato, malanga coco, and mamey, near those same fields, changing the landscape and providing the raw materials for a transplanted Cuban cuisine.”

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