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YAM PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yam plant mean? 

YAM PLANT (noun)
  The noun YAM PLANT has 1 sense:

1. any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous rootsplay

  Familiarity information: YAM PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YAM PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

yam; yam plant

Hypernyms ("yam plant" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "yam plant"):

yam (edible tuber of any of several yams)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yam plant"):

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)

Holonyms ("yam plant" is a member of...):

Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)


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