Noun: Chinese yam chI'neez yam
- Hardy 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
"The Chinese yam's fragrant leaves perfumed the garden trellis";
- cinnamon vine, Dioscorea batata
Derived forms: Chinese yams
Encyclopedia: Chinese yam