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Noun: wild yam
  1. Having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
    "Traditional healers collected wild yam for medicinal purposes";
    - Dioscorea paniculata

Derived forms: wild yams

Type of: vine

Part of: Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea

Encyclopedia: Wild yam