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Dioscorea alata

DEFINITIONS OF: Dioscorea alata

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

Synonyms:
water yam, white yam
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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