HyperDic: white_yam

English > 1 sense of the expression white yam:
NOUNplantwhite yam, water yam, Dioscorea alatagrown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
English > white yam: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningGrown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh.
Synonymswater yam, Dioscorea alata
Broaderyam, yam plantAny of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

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