Chinese yam Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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
Dioscorea batata; cinnamon vine.
WordNet
Definitions
- a plant (
Dioscorea Batatas ) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.