Chinese yam

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Chinese yam

noun Chinese yams

  1. countable, uncountable A cinnamon vine (Dioscorea polystachya),
  2. countable, uncountable A tuber of the vine, used for food; nagaimo, Chinese potato.

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noun plant

日本語長芋 nagaimo
中文山藥 /山药 shānyao, 薯蕷 /薯蓣 shǔyù

noun tuber

中文山藥 /山药 shānyao, 薯蕷 /薯蓣 shǔyù

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@misc{chinese_yam_2026,
  title = {Chinese yam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chinese%20yam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}