noun
Refers to Dioscorea alata, a true yam with purple flesh. Also called ダイジョ. Not a sweet potato.
See also: ダイジョ
沖縄では紅芋を使ったお菓子が人気です。
In Okinawa, sweets made with purple yam are popular.
noun
purple-fleshed sweet potato
Any of several varieties of sweet potato (サツマイモ) with purple flesh. Often contrasted with 紫芋, which may refer to a specific variety.
See also: 紫芋
この紅芋は焼くと甘みが増します。
This purple sweet potato becomes sweeter when roasted.
noun
Conus pauperculus (cone shell)
A species of cone shell. Usually written in kana as ベニイモ. Related to イモガイ (cone shell).
See also: イモガイ
ベニイモはイモガイの仲間で、沖縄の海で見られることがあります。
The Conus pauperculus is a type of cone shell and can be found in the seas around Okinawa.
Often used interchangeably with 紅芋 for purple sweet potatoes, but 紫芋 can specifically refer to a particular variety or be used more broadly for any purple-fleshed tuber.
Refers specifically to the greater yam (Dioscorea alata), the same species as 紅芋 in sense 1, but ダイジョ is the more scientific or general term.
General term for cone shells; 紅芋 (sense 3) is one specific species within this group.
Literally 'crimson potato'. The name comes from the reddish-purple color of the flesh. The use for the cone shell is likely from its resemblance to the tuber.