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n. Any of numerous chiefly tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea, many of which have edible tuberous roots.

n. The starchy root of any of these plants, used in the tropics as food.

n. Chiefly Southern U.S. See sweet potato. See Regional Note at goober.

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

n. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.

n. A sweet potato; a tuber from the genus Ipomoea.

n. Potato.

n. home.

n. 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 Dioscorea sativa, but several others are cultivated.

n. Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet potato.

n. A tuberous root of a plant of the genus Dioscorea, particularly if belonging to one of numerous species cultivated for their esculent roots; also, such a plant itself.

n. By transference, a variety of the sweet-potato.

n. Any plant of the order Dioscoreaceæ.

n. See Rajania.

n. any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

n. sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked

n. edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food

n. edible tuber of any of several yams

"I guess that the term yam, as misapplied by growers and marketers of sweetpotatoes in the southern states, may have had its origin in the similar shapes of the roots of sweetpotatoes and the tubers another basic botanical difference of yams, the latter having been familiar to slaves from Africa."

sweet potato    root vegetable    tuber   

round yam    tivoli yam    dye yam    kawai yam    japanese yam    white yam    wild yam    native yam    red yam    port moniz yam   

purple yam   

Abram    Am    Cam    Dam    Durham    Graeme    Graham    Ham    Hamm    Lamb   

pravisanti    plantain    taro    sarve    vapi    cassava    banana    maize    arrowroot    gatim