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yams

noun

Meaning

  1. Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
  2. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
  3. A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
  4. Potato.
  5. A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
  6. Taro.
  7. (Cumberland) home

Etymology / origin

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Related words

yam plant(English)dioscorea(English)dioscoreaceae(English)family dioscoreaceae(English)genus dioscorea(English)son(English)sons(English)tubers(English)cocoyam(English)fufu(English)cassava(English)okra(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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