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Noun: cinnamon vine  si-nu-mun vIn
  1. 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 cinnamon vine's fragrant leaves perfumed the garden trellis";
    - Chinese yam, Dioscorea batata

Derived forms: cinnamon vines

Type of: yam, yam plant

Encyclopedia: Cinnamon vine