Chinese yam

English

Dioscorea polystachya tubers at a market

Noun

Chinese yam (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese yams)

A cinnamon vine (Dioscorea polystachya),
A 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
Category:Dioscorea polystachya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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