YAM
\jˈam], \jˈam], \j_ˈa_m]\
Definitions of YAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
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sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked
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any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
By Princeton University
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edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
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sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked
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any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet potato.
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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 D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.
By Oddity Software
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Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet potato.
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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 D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.
By Noah Webster.
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A plant genus best known for edible underground tubers. Yam may also refer to a moist variety of sweet potato, IPOMOEA BATATAS.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The eatable, potatolike root of a climbing plant of various kinds, used as a food; the sweet potato.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A large esculent tuber or root of various climbing plants, of the genus dioscorea, growing in tropical climates.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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