Webster's 1913 Dictionary
YAUTIA
YAUTIA Yau *ti "a, n. [Native name in the Antilles. ]
Defn: In Porto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes, as the taro.
New American Oxford Dictionary
yautia
yau ti a |youˈtēə jaʊˈtiə | ▶noun a tropical American plant of the arum family that is cultivated for its edible tubers and sometimes its leaves. [Genus Xanthosoma, family Araceae: several species, in particular the fleshy-leaved malanga (X. atrovirens ) of Latin America. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: American Spanish, from Maya yaaj ‘wound, poison ’ + té ‘mouth ’ with reference to its caustic properties.
Oxford Dictionary
yautia
yautia |jaʊˈtiːə | ▶noun a tropical American plant of the arum family which is cultivated for its edible tubers. ●Genus Xanthosoma, family Araceae: several species, in particular the tannia. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: American Spanish, from Maya yaaj ‘wound, poison ’ + té ‘mouth ’ with reference to its caustic properties.
Spanish Dictionary
yautía
yautía nombre femenino Planta herbácea, de la familia de las aráceas, originaria de América tropical :los tubérculos de la yautía son comestibles .
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