yam - What does it mean?

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(wikipedia)

From (etyl) inhame and (etyl) . The term was coined in .

(en-noun)

(botany) 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.

(US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas .

(Scotland) Potato.

Careful use distinguishes yams (genus Dioscorea'') from sweet potatoes (''Ipomoea batatas ), while casual American use conflates these.

* Chinese yam * purple yam * wild yam * yamless

(en-noun)

(West Cumbria) home.

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