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| has gloss | (noun) tropical American tuberous perennials Xanthosoma, genus Xanthosoma |
| has gloss | eng: Xanthosoma is a genus of about 50 species of tropical and sub-tropical arums in the flowering plant family, Araceae, all native to tropical America. Several species are grown for their starchy corms, an important food staple of tropical regions, known variously as malanga, new cocoyam, tannia, tannier, yautía, macabo, taioba , dasheen, quequisque and ‘ape. Many other species (including especially X. roseum) are utilized as ornamental plants, and in popular horticultural literature are known as ‘ape or elephant ear (from the purported resemblance of the leaf to an elephant's ear), although the latter name is sometimes also applied to members with similar appearance and uses in the closely related genera of Caladium, Colocasia (i.e., taro), and Alocasia. |
| lexicalization | eng: genus Xanthosoma |
| lexicalization | eng: Xanthosoma |
| subclass of | (noun) genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed liliopsid genus, monocot genus |
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| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Xanthosoma est un genre de la famille des Araceae originaire des Antilles. Les tubercules sont cultivés et se consomment sous le nom de malanga ou chou caraïbe dans les Antilles françaises. Les feuilles sont également consommées sous le nom d’herbage. |
| lexicalization | fra: Xanthosoma |
| Indonesian | |
| has gloss | ind: Talas atau talas bogor (Colocasia giganteum Hook., suku talas-talasan atau Araceae) merupakan tumbuhan penghasil umbi, populer ditanam terutama di wilayah Indonesia bagian barat. Talas mirip dengan taro namun menghasilkan umbi yang lebih besar. |
| lexicalization | ind: talas |
| Lithuanian | |
| has gloss | lit: Ksantosoma (, ) – aroninių (Araceae) šeimos Aroideae pošeimio augalų gentis. |
| lexicalization | lit: ksantosoma |
| Portuguese | |
| has gloss | por: Xanthosoma Schott é um género de plantas da família das Araceae caracterizado por produzir folhas peltadas, nalgumas espécies caracterizadas pelas suas grandes dimensões, daí o serem conhecidas por orelha-de-elefante. |
| lexicalization | por: Xanthosoma |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: Xanthosoma es un género de cerca de 50 especies de plantas tropicales y subtropicales de la familia Araceae. Son todas nativas de América. Varias especies son cultivadas por sus cormos ricos en almidón, y son una importante fuente de alimento en varias regiones. Son conocidas como mafafa, malanga, cocoñame, ocumo, bore, yautía, chonque, macabo, rascadera y tania. |
| lexicalization | spa: Xanthosoma |
| lexicalization | spa: yautía |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Arum flower.jpg |
| media:img | Bakweri cocoyam farmer from Cameroon.jpg |
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