lesser yam in English

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        "An edible yam, native to Micronesia, introduced widely elsewhere from Africa to the Phillipines (Dioscorea esculenta)."
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          "word": "Goa potato"
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          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "Dioscorea esculenta",
          "word": "balyakag"
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          "sense": "Dioscorea esculenta",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Dioscorea esculenta",
          "word": "gembili"
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          "code": "mfk",
          "lang": "North Mofu",
          "sense": "Dioscorea esculenta",
          "word": "ɓə̀làm"
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  "word": "lesser yam"
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      "sense": "Dioscorea esculenta",
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      "sense": "Dioscorea esculenta",
      "word": "gembili"
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      "sense": "Dioscorea esculenta",
      "word": "ɓə̀làm"
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  "word": "lesser yam"
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"lesser yam" meaning in English

Noun