芋

Meaning

芋 centers on starchy underground vegetables: taro, yams, and other edible tubers.

• 芋いも
  N1

  tuber; taro; potato; yam

• じゃが芋じゃがいも
  N1

  potato (Solanum tuberosum)

• さつま芋さつまいも
  N1

  sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

• 焼き芋やきいも
  N1

  roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato

• 芋煮いもに

  imoni (taro and meat soup)

• 芋虫いもむし

  hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

• 里芋さといも

  taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

• 山芋やまいも

  Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

• 長芋ながいも

  Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)

• 芋づるいもづる

  sweet-potato vines

• 海芋かいう

  calla (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

• タロ芋タロいも

  taro (Colocasia esculenta); cocoyam; dasheen

• 種芋たねいも

  seed potato

• えぐ芋えぐいも

  variety of acrid-tasting taro

• とろろ芋とろろいも

  yam

• ふかし芋ふかしいも

  steamed potato (esp. sweet potato)

• アメリカ塊芋アメリカほどいも

  potato bean (Apios americana); hog peanut; hopniss; Indian potato; groundnut; ground pea

• ジャガタラ芋ジャガタラいも

  potato (Solanum tuberosum)

• セレベス芋セレベスいも

  type of taro originally from Sulawesi

• トゲ芋トゲいも

  lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta)

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