English noun: yam plant | |||
1. | yam plant (plant) any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots | ||
Synonyms | yam | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vine | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | air potato, Chinese yam, cinnamon vine, cush-cush, Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea batata, Dioscorea bulbifera, Dioscorea trifida, water yam, white yam | ||
Part holonym | yam | ||
Member meronym | Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea | ||