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Noun: elephant yam
  1. Putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
    - pungapung, telingo potato, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, Amorphophallus campanulatus

Derived forms: elephant yams

Type of: aroid, arum

Part of: genus Amorphophallus

Encyclopedia: Elephant yam