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A tropical Old World yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) having axillary potatolike tubers, some of which are edible after cooking. It is a weed in the tropics and Florida. Also called aerial yam, potato yam.

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air potato - yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers

Dioscorea bulbifera

yam plant, yam - any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

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