purple yam

English

Dioscorea alata tuber

Noun

purple yam (plural purple yams)

1. A yam used in a variety of desserts, Dioscorea alata.

Synonyms

• ube, water yam, winged yam

Translations

Dioscorea alata

• Cebuano: ubi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 參薯 / 参薯 (zh) (shēnshǔ)

• Finnish: isojamssi
• Hindi: रतालू (hi) m (ratālū)
• Japanese: 大薯 (daijo), 紅芋 (beniimo), ウベ (ube)
• Korean: 열대둥근마 (yeoldaedunggeunma)
• Malay: ubi (ms)
• Spanish: ñampí m
• Sranan Tongo: napi
• Tagalog: ube (tl)
• Thai: มันเสา (man-sǎo)
• Vietnamese: khoai mỡ, khoai tím, khoai tía
• Yakan: ubi

Further reading

• Dioscorea alata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dioscorea alata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dioscorea alata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons