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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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diopside
diopter
dioptre
dioptric
dioptrics
Dior
diorama
diorite
Dioscorea
Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea batata
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea elephantipes
Dioscorea paniculata
Dioscorea trifida
Dioscoreaceae
Diospyros
Diospyros ebenum
Diospyros kaki
Diospyros kurzii
Diospyros lotus