CHINESE YAM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers

Synonyms:

Chinese yam; cinnamon vine; Dioscorea batata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Chinese yam" is a kind of...):

yam; yam plant (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots)

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