water yam

water yam
noun
grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
Syn: ↑white yam, ↑Dioscorea alata
Hypernyms: ↑yam, ↑yam plant

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water yam noun
A plant with farinaceous rootstock, the lattice leaf
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