Meanings
- The plant Xanthosoma sagittifolium (or occasionally the similar and related plant Xanthosoma taioba), which produces edible corms and leaves.
[…] taioba, a vegetable in great demand among the state's quarter-million Brazilian residents.
2014, Eat Your Greens: The Surprising Power of Homegrown Leaf Crops, page 1092 more examples
Taioba starch displays a high amylopectin content, which enables its digestive process as demonstrated by Espinosa-Solis et al. (2021). Results showed that the taioba sample exhibits higher moisture levels […]
2025, Tanmay Sarkar et al., Health, Nutrition, and Sustainability, page 421Imagine […] that you are from the region of Minas Gerais, in southeastern Brazil, and have moved to the United States; you'd miss taioba (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) the way an American would miss the common vegetables grown here. There were big smiles and lots of gesticulating when I popped open my trunk to display the taioba plants I was driving to different gardeners. The guys in the van next to me were on their way to work when I pointed to the plants in my car. "Taioba!" I said, but they shook their heads. "Not here!" It turns out, taioba can grow in Massachusetts, just not year-round.
2025, Ali Berlow, Food Activist Handbook, page 118
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Tupitaîoba
- Brazilian Portuguesetaioba
- Englishtaioba
Brazilian Portuguese taioba, from Old Tupi taîoba, taîaoba.
More words from Brazilian Portuguese, Old Tupi
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Cite this entry
taioba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taioba
“taioba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taioba. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taioba,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taioba.
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