dioscorea batata

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dioscorea batata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dioscorea batata
      n 1: 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 [syn: cinnamon vine, Chinese yam,
           Dioscorea batata]