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harvest festival in Papua New Guinea

Sweet potato and yam

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Also Known As	Dioscorea • tropical yam

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harvest festival in Papua New Guinea

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Chinese yam air-potato yam yellow Guinea yam lesser yam Guinea yam winged yam Indian yam What’s the Difference Between Sweet Potatoes and Yams?elephant’s-foot tuber Beta vulgaris onion potato ginger cassava beet carrot sweet potato turnip garlic

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous

Chef tossing vegetables in a frying pan over a burner (skillet, food).

What’s on the Menu? Vocabulary Quiz

Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, some forming a question mark, against a light blue background. (organic, fruits, vegetables)

Fruit or Vegetable? A Quiz