The edible starchy tuber of the taro, Colocasia esculenta, or its variety antiquorum; the plant itself, which in South Africa is cultivated mainly in KwaZulu-Natal.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Official Yearbook of Union 1949. Aphetic from amadumbi.
Definition of madumbi in US English:
madumbi
(also madombe)
nounməˈdʊmbi
South African
The edible starchy tuber of the taro, Colocasia esculenta, or its variety antiquorum; the plant itself, which in South Africa is cultivated mainly in KwaZulu-Natal.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Official Yearbook of Union 1949. Aphetic from amadumbi.