noun
purple sweet potato
Refers to any of several varieties of sweet potato with purple flesh. Often mistakenly called 'purple yam' in English, but true yams are a different species.
紫芋を使ったスイーツが人気です。
Sweets made with purple sweet potato are popular.
この紫芋はとても甘くて美味しい。
This purple sweet potato is very sweet and delicious.
Standard kanji spelling.
Katakana spelling, often used in botanical or culinary contexts.
Compound of 紫 (murasaki, 'purple') and 芋 (imo, 'potato, tuber').