a tall Caribbean plant of the arum family, cultivated in the tropics for its edible pear-shaped tubers and large arrow-shaped leaves 慈姑叶黄肉芋。 亦称 malanga
Xanthosoma sagittifolium, family Araceae 拉丁名Xanthosoma sagittifolium,天南星科 ■a tuber of this plant 芋头 ■[mass noun]the leaves or tubers of this plant eaten as food (食用的)芋头(或芋头叶)