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wild yam

wild yam (plural wild yams)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant with natural steroids: a plant that contains natural steroids with a physiological action similar to that of progesterone and estrogen. It is used to manufacture sex hormones for pharmaceutical preparations. Native to: the Americas, Asia.  Latin name Dioscorea villosa.

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