(n) hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers, Syn. Chinese yam, Dioscorea batata
(n) pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh, Syn. sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas
[さつま, satsuma] (n) (1) Satsuma (ancient province located in present-day Kagoshima prefecture); (2) (abbr) (See 薩摩芋・さつまいも) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)#4863