noun
skin-on boiled taro corm
A dish of small taro corms boiled with the skin on, often served with salt. The name literally means 'clothed in a robe', referring to the skin left on.
秋になると、衣かつぎが食べたくなる。
When autumn comes, I start craving skin-on boiled taro.
衣かつぎは、皮ごと茹でた里芋に塩をつけて食べる料理です
Kinukatsugi is a dish where you eat boiled taro with the skin on, dipped in salt.
里芋 is the taro corm itself, while 衣かつぎ refers specifically to the dish of taro boiled with the skin on.
From 衣 (きぬ, 'clothing') + 被ぎ (かつぎ, 'covering'), literally 'wearing a robe', referring to the skin left on the taro.