"cheeky yam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cheeky yams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheeky yam (plural cheeky yams)
  1. Synonym of air potato Categories (lifeform): Dioscoreales order plants Synonyms: air potato [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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