yautia

noun

yau·​tia ˈyau̇-tē-ə 

: any of several aroid plants (genus Xanthosoma, especially X. sagittifolium) chiefly of tropical America with starchy edible shaggy brown tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes

also : one of these tubers

Examples of yautia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fritters such as alcapurrias de jueyes — a blend of green banana and yautia, stuffed with delicate crab — hark back to Loíza, a town on the northeastern coast with rich African ancestry. —New York Times, 22 Mar. 2021

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish yautía, from Taino

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above