lesser yam

English

lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta)

Noun

lesser yam (plural lesser yams)

1. An edible yam, native to Micronesia, introduced widely elsewhere from Africa to the Phillipines (Dioscorea esculenta).

Synonyms

• Goa potato

Translations

Dioscorea esculenta

• Cebuano: balyakag, apali
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• Fula: ɓulumwu
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• Indonesian: gembili (id)
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• North Mofu: ɓə̀làm
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• Vietnamese: khoai từ

References

• lesser yam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dioscorea esculenta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dioscorea esculenta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dioscorea esculenta at USDA Plants database