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yam plant
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Noun yam plant has 1 sense
- yam plant(n = noun.plant) yam - any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots; Array is a member of dioscorea, genus dioscorea
has parts: yam
has particulars: dioscorea alata, water yam, white yam, chinese yam, cinnamon vine, dioscorea batata, air potato, dioscorea bulbifera, cush-cush, dioscorea trifida
is a kind of vine
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