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malanga

malanga noun: any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia.

Noun

malanga (plural malangas)

  1. Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia.
  2. Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
  3. The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value.
  4. Chinese taro (Alocasia cucullata, syn. Caladium colocasia).

Proper noun capitalized: Malanga

Malanga (plural Malangas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

malanga meaning in Bengali

malanga in Bengali

ইয়াউটিয়া, কচু, এই উদ্ভিদের ভোজ্য কন্দ

Forms of malanga

Noun
pluralmalangas
Proper noun
pluralMalangas

Origin of malanga

Borrowed from Italian Malanga.

Words formed from malanga

Questions about malanga

What does malanga mean?
Malanga means any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia.
What is malanga in Bengali?
Malanga in Bengali is ইয়াউটিয়া, কচু, এই উদ্ভিদের ভোজ্য কন্দ. See Malanga meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is malanga?
Malanga can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of malanga?
The plural of malanga is malangas.

Words near malanga in the dictionary

  1. malandered
  2. malanders
  3. malandros
  4. Malands
  5. Malang
  6. malanga
  7. malanga blanca
  8. malanga coco
  9. malanga lila
  10. malangan
  11. malangans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malanga (page history and authors); Malanga (page history and authors); malanga (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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