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Meaning of yams

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yams

noun

Definitions

  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.

noun

Definitions

  1. (Cumberland) home