Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun water_yam

1 sense of water yam

Sense 1
white yam, water yam, Dioscorea alata -- (grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh)
       => yam, yam plant -- (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots)