yam

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
3. Home.
   regional
4. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
5. A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
   US
6. A potato.
   Scotland
7. An oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
   New-Zealand
8. Taro.
   Malaysia, Singapore
9. An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.

Equivalents

Examples

“Inwardly Okonkwo knew that the boys were still too young to understand⟳ fully the difficult art of preparing seed-yams. But he thought that one could not begin⟳ too early. Yam stood for manliness, and he who could feed⟳ his family on yams from one harvest⟳ to another was a very great man indeed.”

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