a large widely cultivated plant, Canna edulis, of the Caribbean and South America, having purplish stems and leaves, bright red flowers and edible tubers: family Cannaceae
2. Also called: Queensland arrowroot
the tuber of this plant, used as a source of starch
Word origin
C19: from French, literally: all the months, probably an attempt to give phoneticreproduction of tolomane, from native West Indian name