Dioscorea batata

Dioscorea batata
noun
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
Syn: ↑cinnamon vine, ↑Chinese yam
Hypernyms: ↑yam, ↑yam plant

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