spoonflower n 1: tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes [syn: {yautia}, {tannia}, {spoonflower}, {malanga}, {Xanthosoma sagittifolium}, {Xanthosoma atrovirens}]
Spoonflower \Spoon"flow`er\ (-flou`[~e]r), n. The yautia. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]