- elephant yam
- nounputrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber• Regions: ↑Philippines, ↑Republic of the Philippines• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Amorphophallus
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elephant yam
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