DIOSCOREA ALATA

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Meaning:

Grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh

Synonyms:

Dioscorea alata; water yam; white yam

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Dioscorea alata" 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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