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Yams.

English

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yam

Etymology

From Template:Pg. (deprecated template usage) inhame and Template:Sp. (deprecated template usage) ñame, possibly from the Template:Fula. (deprecated template usage) nyami. The term was coined in 1657.

Pronunciation

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Noun

yam (plural yams)

The edible, starchy, tuberous root of any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea, usually cultivated in the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
(deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Southern" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A sweet potato.
Template:Scotland Potato.
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Translations

edible root of Dioscorea vine

Catalan: nyam Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
Chinese:
Mandarin: Template:zh-ts (shānyào)
Danish: yams, jams Lua error in Module:gender_and_number at line 80: The tag "Danish" in the gender specification "Danish" is not valid. See Module:gender and number for a list of valid tags.
Dutch: yam (nl) m, jam (nl) m
Esperanto: ignamo
Fijian: uvi
Finnish: jamssi
French: igname (fr) f
German: Yamswurzel Template:f, Yams Template:f
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Hausa: aduru
Hawaiian: uhi
Indonesian: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Japanese: 山芋(やまいも, yamaimo), 自然薯 (じねんじょ, jinenjo) ヤマノイモ (yamanoimo)
Korean: 마 (ma)
Latvian: dioskorėja Template:f
Maori: uhi, oka, uwhi
Polish: pochrzyn Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
Portuguese: inhame (pt) m
Spanish: ñame (es) m

sweet potato

See: sweet potato

potato

See: potato

See also

sweet potato

Dutch

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/jɑm/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

Template:nl-noun2

yam

Synonyms

jam

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