English Explanatory Dictionary

rasavalli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tropical plant of the species Dioscorea alata, cultivated for its edible root.

Word forms

rasavalli rasavallis

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil இராசவள்ளி (irācavaḷḷi), ultimately from Sanskrit रस (rasa, “juice, essence”) + native Tamil வள்ளி (vaḷḷi, “climber, creeper”).

Synonyms

purple yam ube water yam winged yam
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