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YAM PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
Synonyms:
yam; yam plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yam plant" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Meronyms (parts of "yam plant"):
yam (edible tuber of any of several yams)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yam plant"):
Dioscorea alata; water yam; white yam (grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh)
Chinese yam; cinnamon vine; Dioscorea batata (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)
air potato; Dioscorea bulbifera (yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers)
cush-cush; Dioscorea trifida (tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers)
Holonyms ("yam plant" is a member of...):
Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)
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