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malanga, n.|məˈlæŋgə|
[a. Amer. Sp. malanga, f. Kikongo melanga taro.]
Any of several plants of the arum family cultivated in the Caribbean and Central and South America for their edible tubers and medicinal value, esp. ones of the genus Xanthosoma.
1910Bull. Bureau Plant Industry, U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 164. 11 Malanga is the Arawak name for taro, and is still current in Cuba for both yautias and taros. 1929Travel Jan. 21/2 Dim lights half reveal humble, dark-skinned folk gathered at their simple meal of malangas, rice and fish. 1948Amer. N. & Q. VIII. 117/2 Malanga, tubercle similar to that of arum (Puerto Rico). 1962Spectator 31 Aug. 297 We could grow..malangas (tubers with a more interesting flavour than either the potato or the sweet potato). 1972J. W. Purseglove Trop. Crops: Monocotyledons I. 68 Eddoes in Spanish-speaking parts of the Caribbean are called ‘malangas’, but the term may also be used for other aroids, including Xanthosoma. 1973E. L. Ortiz Compl. Bk. Caribbean Cooking 432 Taro..belongs to the arum family and is known in Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad as coco, eddo and baddo, the leaves being called callaloo. A closely related group, the malangas, cultivated in many of the islands, are found in markets as malanga, dasheen, tanier, tannia, and yautía. 1994Esquire Aug. 31/3 Latin American cuisine that is full of flavors like boniato, sugarcane, and malanga. |