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yam
noun
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 3
- Starts with
- Y
- Ends with
- M
- Contains
- A
- Scrabble score
- 8
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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Pronunciation
/jæm/
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noun
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.
A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
Potato.
A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
Taro.
An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
noun
(Cumberland) home