Dioscorea Alata (Noun)
Meaning
Grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Dioscorea alata was first grown in Australia over 100 years ago as a food crop.
- In Polynesian cultures, dioscorea alata roots can be used to alleviate famine when main staple crops are scarce.
- Tubers from the dioscorea alata had become very important during Pacific colonization.
- The dioscorea alata native yams taste fine because they are very good in rich volcanic soils like those found across Australasia.
- Wild dioscorea alata remain an extremely vital diet component, through foraging as they can provide large edible sources of good food year round to the highlands, including their communities located that further inland.