山芋
Chinese
| mountain; hill | Colocasia antiquorum | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (山芋) |
山 | 芋 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
山芋
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan, Huizhou, dialectal Jin, Wu) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- (Yinchuan) potato
- (literary or Wenzhou) taro
- (Sichuan) taro grown on dry land
- (Taiwanese Min Nan) Alocasia odora (elephant ear)
- Alternative name for 薯蕷/薯蓣 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam; Dioscorea polystachya”).
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Japanese

山芋 (yamaimo): a variety of yamaimo for sale in a grocery.
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 山 | 芋 |
| やま Grade: 1 |
いも Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 芋 (imo, “tuber, potato”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
山芋 (hiragana やまいも, rōmaji 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)
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