"Chinese yam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Chinese yams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Chinese yam (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese yams)
  1. A cinnamon vine (Dioscorea polystachya), Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Dioscoreales order plants, Root vegetables
    Sense id: en-Chinese_yam-en-noun-ODiycah1 Disambiguation of Dioscoreales order plants: 84 16 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 80 20
  2. A 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-9~rPnE-C Disambiguation of 'tuber': 10 90
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
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