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water yam

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Noun1.water yam - grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white fleshwater yam - grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
yam plant, yam - any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots


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Cash crops: Oil palm, rubber, cocoa, kola nut, cassava, rice, cowpea, plantain, banana, pineapple, citrus, etc Food crops: Cassava, rice, maize, yam, cocoa yam, water yam, melon; and vegetables--pumpkin, bitter leaf, waterleaf, okra, pepper and afang.
In addition to shaking, rattling, and rolling these things, Marclay also taps, claps, scrapes, unfolds, and drops the objects of his analysis, which include a hot plate; an alarm clock; various plastic toys; and George Brecht's Water Yam, 1963-65, a plastic box of ninety-eight printed cards detailing various actions and instructions.
 
 
 
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