单词 | yam plant |
释义 | yam plant (once / 1969886 pages) n WORD FAMILY yam plant: yam plants USAGE EXAMPLESIn the jungle areas, men at roadside stands were cutting small logs used to prop up their yam plants. New York Times(Nov 06, 2014) “What’s that?” cried William, who had been stooping down to examine the yam plant, and who was startled at the noise. Marryat, Frederick, Masterman Ready—The Wreck of the "P...(2010) "What's that?" cried William, who had been stooping down to examine the yam plant, and who was startled at the noise. Marryat, Frederick, Masterman Ready(2010) n any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots Syn|Hypo|Hyper yam Dioscorea alata, water yam, white yam grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh Chinese yam, Dioscorea batata, cinnamon vinehardy 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 Dioscorea bulbifera, air potatoyam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers Dioscorea trifida, cush-cushtropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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