yam plant

1. Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots (synset 112108478)
   is a type of: vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
   subtypes:

   • dioscorea alata, water yam, white yam - grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
   • chinese yam, cinnamon vine, dioscorea batata - 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
   • air potato, dioscorea bulbifera - yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers
   • cush-cush, dioscorea trifida - tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers
   belongs to: dioscorea, genus dioscorea - yams
   has: yam - edible tuber of any of several yams
   same as: yam

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