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elephant foot yam

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, similar to the titan arum, cultivated for food.

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  • Balinese: suweg — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Bengali: ওলকচু (ōlkocu) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Bengali: ওল (ōl) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Cebuano: anto — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Cebuano: pungapong — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Dutch: olifantenyam — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Gujarati: સૂરણ (sūraṇ) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Hindi: जिमीकंद (jimīkand) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Indonesian: suweg — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Javanese: ꦱꦸꦮꦼꦒ꧀ (suweg) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Korean: 코끼리얌 (kokkiriyam) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Madurese: sobeg — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Malay: sarek — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Malay: ubi sarek — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Malay: ubi kekek — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Malay: ubi ular — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Malay: lokai — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Malay: loki — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Malay: lekir — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Malayalam: ചേന (cēna) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Odia: ଓଲୁଅ (olua) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Sanskrit: आलु (ālu) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Santali: ᱯᱮᱱᱰᱮ (penḍe) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Sinhalese: කිඩාරං (kiḍāraṁ) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Spanish: patata de Telinga — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Sundanese: suweg — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Tagalog: pungapung — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Tahitian: teve — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Tamil: சேனை (cēṉai) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Telugu: కంద (kanda) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Thai: บุกคางคก (buk khāngkhk) — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Tongan: teve — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Vietnamese: nưa chuông — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • Waray-Waray: bagong — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius