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• Chinese yam (noun)
  1. 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
• elephant yam (noun)
  1. especially the Philippines putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia grown for its edible tuber
• water yam (noun)
  1. grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
• white yam (noun)
  1. grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
• wild yam (noun)
  1. having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
• yam bean (noun)
  1. twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
  2. central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils
• yam family (noun)
  1. yams
• yam plant (noun)
  1. any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
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