air potato

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air potato

A tropical yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) of Africa and Asia, having axillary potatolike bulbils and underground tubers, both of which are edible in some varieties. It is a destructive weed in the southeast United States. Also called potato yam.

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air potato - yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers

Dioscorea bulbifera

yam plant, yam - any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

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Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera L.; Dioscoreales: Dioscoreaceae) is a noxious vine in Florida, where it grows over and smothers other vegetation (Schultz 1993; Schmitz et al.

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"By merely pulling down some of the air potato vines, we saw how the woods began to open up.