Chinese yam

English

Dioscorea polystachya tubers at a market

Noun

Chinese yam (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese yams)

1. A cinnamon vine (Dioscorea polystachya),
2. A tuber of the vine, used for food; nagaimo, Chinese potato.

Translations

plant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山藥／山药 (zh) (shānyao), 薯蕷／薯蓣 (zh) (shǔyù)

tuber

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山藥／山药 (zh) (shānyao), 薯蕷／薯蓣 (zh) (shǔyù)

References

• Chinese yam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dioscorea polystachya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dioscorea polystachya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons