Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yautia \Yau*ti"a\, n. [Native name in the Antilles.] In Puerto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes, as the taro.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An edible plant commonly found in the Caribbean: ''Xanthosoma sagittifolium'', new cocoyam.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes [syn: tannia , spoonflower , malanga , Xanthosoma sagittifolium , Xanthosoma atrovirens ]