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Word - rootword - affixes
ubihon - ubi - -hon~
u.bi.hun. - 3 syllables

-hon = ubihon
ubihon

ubihon : purplish (adj.)
ubi [รบ.bi.] : violet (adj.); Dioscorea alata (n.); yam (n.)

Derivatives of ubi


Glosses:
purplish
adj. 1. purple, purplish, violetof a color intermediate between red and blue.
~ chromaticbeing or having or characterized by hue.
Dioscorea alata
n. (plant)1. dioscorea alata, water yam, white yamgrown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh.
~ yam plant, yamany of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots.
yam
n. (plant)1. yamedible tuber of any of several yams.
~ yam plant, yamany of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots.
~ tubera fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage.
n. (plant)2. yam, yam plantany of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots.
~ dioscorea, genus dioscoreayams.
~ yamedible tuber of any of several yams.
~ dioscorea alata, water yam, white yamgrown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh.
~ chinese yam, cinnamon vine, dioscorea batatahardy 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.
~ air potato, dioscorea bulbiferayam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers.
~ cush-cush, dioscorea trifidatropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers.
~ vinea plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
n. (food)3. yamsweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked.
~ sweet potatothe edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States.
n. (food)4. yamedible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food.
~ root vegetableany of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers.