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    DIOSCOREA ALATA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white fleshplay

    Synonyms:

    Dioscorea alata; water yam; white yam

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    Nouns denoting plants

    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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