different between galangal vs malanga

English

Alternative forms

• galingale, galanga

Etymology

From Middle English galyngale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic ??????????? (?alanj?n), from Persian ???????? (qulinjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit ??????? (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese ??????? (g?oliángji?ng), from ?? (a prefecture or county in China) + ? (“ginger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???læ???l/

Noun

galangal (countable and uncountable, plural galangals)

1. Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.

Synonyms

• greater galangal, lesser galangal
• blue ginger

Translations

See also

• galangal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

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).

Translations

See also

• cocoyam, new cocoyam.

References

• malanga at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Malagan, Ma?gala, Málagan, Nagmaal, malagan

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?lan.?a/

Noun

malanga f (plural malanghe)

1. malanga
   • (Can we date this quote?), Gabriel García Márquez, Cent’anni di solitudine, translated from Spanish to Italian by Enrico Cicogna ?ISBN, page 12:

     ... mentre Ursula e i bambini si rompevano la schiena nell’orto per coltivare il banano e la malanga, la manica e l’igname, la ahuyama e la melanzana.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

malanga f (plural malangas)

1. any of several arum family plants grown for their edible tubers: taro, malanga, eddo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?lan?a/, [ma?lã?.?a]

Noun

malanga f (plural malangas)

1. malanga