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Noun: Dioscorea batata
  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
    - cinnamon vine, Chinese yam

Type of: yam, yam plant

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dioptric
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Dior
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diorite
Dioscorea
Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea batata
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea elephantipes
Dioscorea paniculata
Dioscorea trifida
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscuri
diosgenin
Diospyros
Diospyros ebenum
Diospyros kaki