Chinese yam

English

Dioscorea polystachya tubers at a market

Noun

Chinese yam (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese yams)

Dioscorea polystachya, the cinnamon vine
The tuber of the vine, used for food; nagaimo, Chinese potato.

Translations

plant

Chinese:
Mandarin: 山藥／山药 (zh) (shānyao), 薯蕷／薯蓣 (zh) (shǔyù)

tuber

Chinese:
Mandarin: 山藥／山药 (zh) (shānyao), 薯蕷／薯蓣 (zh) (shǔyù)

References

Chinese yam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dioscorea polystachya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dioscorea polystachya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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