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Dioscorea alata

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Noun1.Dioscorea alata - grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white fleshDioscorea alata - grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
water yam, white yam
yam plant, yam - any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
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nem kwai (D) ~ sundan (S) from Nepali ghar tarul white yam, Dioscorea alata See above description for kwai.
Ethnobotanical notes on Thangmi plant names and their medicinal and ... by Turin, Mark / Contributions to Nepalese Studies
 
 
 
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