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1. (n.) yam
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various African climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, family Dioscoreaceae, cultivated for food in warm regions: resembling but botanically unrelated to the sweet potato.
2. yam
any of these plants.
3. yam
the sweet potato.
Etymology: (1580–90; cf. Gullah nyam, Jamaican E nyaams, Sranan jamsi < sources in one or more West African languages)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) yam
edible tuber of any of several yams
2. (noun) yam, yam plant
any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
3. (noun) yam
sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked
4. (noun) yam
edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) YAM
a large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated
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Sense: any of several kinds of potato-like tropical plants used as food.
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 Afrikaans: broodwortel |
 Arabic: بَطاطا حُلْوَه، قُلْقاس ه |
 Bulgarian: сладък картоф |
 Brazilian: batata doce |
 Czech: jam |
 German: die Yamswurzel |
 Danish: yamsrod |
 Greek: γλυκοπατάτα |
 Spanish: ñame, batata, camote |
 Estonian: jamss |
 Farsi: سیب زمینی |
 Finnish: jamssi |
 French: igname |
 Hebrew: מִין בַּטָטָה |
 Hindi: रतालु, शकरकंद, अरबी, अरूई |
 Croatian: jam |
 Indonesian: ubi jalar |
 Icelandic: sætuhnúðjurt; sætuhnúður |
 Italian: (patata dolce) |
 Japanese: やまいもの類 |
 Korean: 얌(참마속(屬)의 식물) |
 Lithuanian: dioskorėja |
 Latvian: jamss |
 Malay: keladi |
 Dutch: yam |
 Norwegian: søtpotet, yam(srot) |
 Polish: !!(rodzaj słodkiego ziemn |
 Persian: سیب زمینی |
 Pashto: دكچارو دكورنۍ يو بوټى چې |
 Portuguese: batata doce |
 Romanian: ignam, cartof dulce |
 Russian: ямс; батат |
 Slovak: jam; sladký zemiak |
 Serbian: jam |
 Swedish: jamsrot |
 Thai: ต้นมันเทศหรือมันเทศ |
 Turkish: Hint yer elması |
 Taiwanese: 山藥 |
 Ukrainian: батат |
 Urdu: شمالی امریکا ، شکّر قند |
 Vietnamese: củ từ |
 Chinese: 山药 |
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