yam
/jæm/
noun
- 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
An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
noun
- 1
(Cumberland) home
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