namo₂ [namô ] n Atuber like 'ubi, but white, and poisonous unless processed properly. The poison must be removed by washing, slicing, washing again and drying in the sun before cooking. [Eaten cooked, used as food in times of famine. The yellow juice is used for bleaching clothes, used in bleaching abaca fiber. The tubers, raw or cooked, are used as an anodyne and maturative in cases ot tumors and buboes, and also against arthritic and rheumatic pains and similar afflictions.] Dioscorea Hispida (sem. domains: 5.2.3.1.5 - Food from roots.)
