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山芋
山芋
Chinese
mountain; hill | Colocasia antiquorum | ||
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simp. and trad. (山芋) |
山 | 芋 |
Noun
山芋
- (dialectal Mandarin, Huizhou, Wu) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- (Yinchuan Mandarin) potato
- (literary or dialectal) taro
- Alternative term for 薯蕷 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam; Dioscorea polystachya”).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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山 | 芋 |
やま Grade: 1 |
いも Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 芋 (imo, “tuber, potato”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
山芋 (hiragana やまいも, romaji yamaimo)
- Dioscorea japonica, a type of yam
Synonyms
- 自然薯, 自然生 (じねんじょ, jinenjo; じねんじょう, jinenjō)
- ヤマノイモ (yamanoimo)