yam
/jæm/ noun B1- Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
- The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
- A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
- An oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
- Taro.
- An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
Plural yams
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