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jmdict 1786040 Active (id: 1923091)
大和芋大和いも
やまといも
1. [n]
▶ Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita)
2. [n]
▶ Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica)



History:
3. A 2015-10-24 06:10:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2015-10-24 04:33:21  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, shinmeikai, meikyo, daijr, daijs:
ナガイモの一品種
wiki:
大和いもを含むツクネイモ群は、大陸から渡来したナガイモ(学名:Dioscorea opposita Thunb. 英名:Chinese yam)の一種で、山に自生する日本原産のヤマノイモ(学名:Dioscorea japonica Thunb. 英名:Japanese yam)とは別の種である[1]。
  Comments:
consensus among all dicts and wikipedia seems to be that it is not Dioscorea japonica.  meikyo actually has two senses:
やまと‐いも【《大和》芋】
1) ナガイモの一品種...
2) ヤマイモの一品種...
===
in both cases, it refers to a particular variety
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>大和いも</keb>
@@ -12 +15,5 @@
-<gloss>Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)</gloss>
+<gloss>Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica)</gloss>
1. A* 2015-10-18 22:21:42  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, 中辞典 both say "Japanese yam". ルミナス says it's the same as 山の芋/山芋/自然薯.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>variety of Japanese potato</gloss>
+<gloss>Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)</gloss>

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