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DIOSCOREA ALATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dioscorea alata mean?
• DIOSCOREA ALATA (noun)
The noun DIOSCOREA ALATA has 1 sense:
1. grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
Familiarity information: DIOSCOREA ALATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dioscorea alata; water yam; white yam
Hypernyms ("Dioscorea alata" is a kind of...):
yam; yam plant (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots)
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