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Chinese yam

DEFINITIONS OF: Chinese yam

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n 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:
Dioscorea batata, cinnamon vine
Type of:
yam, yam plant
any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
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