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chinese yam

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Noun

hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers

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Synonyms:
cinnamon vine Chinese yam Dioscorea batata

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