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WATER YAM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Root and Tuber Crops
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An herbaceous vine grown in the Orient for its edible tuber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Dioscorea altata L. Cette espèce [...] est aujourd'hui répandue dans toutes les régions tropicales. [...] Les tiges vertes ou rougeâtres, sont pourvues de 3 ou 4 expansions plates ou ondulées, les «ailes».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
  • Cultivo de raíces y tubérculos
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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