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Yams

Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.

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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.

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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Yams"

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Word	Definition
yam plantnoun	any of a number of tropical vines of the genus dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
dioscorea	a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world.
dioscoreaceae	a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 715 known species in nine genera.
family dioscoreaceaenoun	yams
genus dioscoreanoun	yams
sonnoun	One's male offspring.
sonsnoun	One's male offspring.
tubersnoun	A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
yam familynoun	yams
yarnsnoun	(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
plantainsnoun	The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
breadfruitnoun	The large round fruit of this tree.
okranoun	The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
cocoyamnoun	Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
dasheennoun	Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
pineapplesnoun	The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
bok choinoun	Alternative spelling of bok choy. [Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.]
sweet potatonoun	The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable.
eddoesnoun	Alternative form of eddo. [A plant (Colocasia esculenta, but often identified as Colocasia antiquorum, among numerous other synonyms), which is usually considered a variety of C. esculenta, with edible starchy tubers.]
callaloonoun	(cooking) spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.