yam plant
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1. any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | vine, |
| definition | : | a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chinese yam, cinnamon vine, dioscorea batata, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | yam, |
| definition | : | edible tuber of any of several yams (noun.plant) |
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