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wild yam

–noun
any of several uncultivated yams, esp. Dioscorea villosa, of the U.S., having a woody, tuberous root.

Origin:
1835–45
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wild yam

noun
having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders 
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