"Chinese yam" meaning in All languages combined

See Chinese yam on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Chinese yams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Chinese yam (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese yams)
  1. Dioscorea polystachya, the cinnamon vine Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Dioscoreales order plants, Root vegetables
    Sense id: en-Chinese_yam-en-noun-AwDwXst6 Disambiguation of Dioscoreales order plants: 74 26 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 43
  2. The tuber of the vine, used for food; nagaimo, Chinese potato. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (tuber): 山藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 山药 (shānyao) (Chinese Mandarin), 薯蕷 (Chinese Mandarin), 薯蓣 (shǔyù) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Chinese_yam-en-noun-dvrHTL0p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'tuber': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (plant): 山藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 山药 (shānyao) (Chinese Mandarin), 薯蕷 (Chinese Mandarin), 薯蓣 (shǔyù) (Chinese Mandarin)
Disambiguation of 'plant': 0 0

Download JSON data for Chinese yam meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)

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