HyperDic: elephant_yam

English > 1 sense of the expression elephant yam:
NOUNplantelephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, Amorphophallus campanulatusputrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
English > elephant yam: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningputrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber.
Synonymspungapung, telingo potato, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, Amorphophallus campanulatus
Member ofgenus Amorphophallusgenus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids
RegionPhilippines, Republic of the PhilippinesA republic on the Philippine Islands
Broaderarum, aroidAny plant of the family Araceae
Spanishpungapung
Catalanpungapung

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