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What is the noun for yam?

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yam
  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. (US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
  4. (Scotland) Potato.
  5. (New Zealand) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
  6. (Malaysia, Singapore) Taro.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. tuber, rhizome, root, bulb, vegetable, beet, potato, taro, turnip, jalap, salep, arrowroot, storage organ, underground stem, spud, tater, murphy, sweet potato, ground pear, earthapple, new potato, root vegetable, seed potato, plant, Jerusalem artichoke, corm, stem, underground part, radicle, radicel, radix, rootstock, rootlet, knob, corn, nodule, swelling, ball, protuberance, tumor, nub, bunch, tap root, tumour, batata, Ipomoea, camote, kumara, New Zealand yam … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Flour allows us to mix many kinds of food sources together, such as cassava, sago, taro, yam, etc.”
      “My main meal came with well seasoned roasted potatoes, nice firm courgettes in thick tomato sauce, and mildly spiced yam.”
      “Some nutritious vegetables enjoyed by Panamanians are plantain, yellow yam, yucca, and bread fruit.”
yamstick
  1. A rod-shaped implement used by the aboriginal people of Australia to dig yam and as a combat weapon.
yamogenin
  1. (organic chemistry) A sapogenin found in fenugreek and yams.
yamaimo
  1. Dioscorea japonica, an edible Japanese yam.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. Japanese mountain yam
yampee
  1. (Jamaica) A variety of yam, Dioscorea trifida, smaller than a regular yam.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cush cush
yampie
  1. Alternative form of yampee
yam
  1. (regional, Cumberland) home
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tuber, rhizome, root, bulb, vegetable, beet, potato, taro, turnip, jalap, salep, arrowroot, storage organ, underground stem, spud, tater, murphy, sweet potato, ground pear, earthapple, new potato, root vegetable, seed potato, plant, Jerusalem artichoke, corm, stem, underground part, radicle, radicel, radix, rootstock, rootlet, knob, corn, nodule, swelling, ball, protuberance, tumor, nub, bunch, tap root, tumour, batata, Ipomoea, camote, kumara, New Zealand yam … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Flour allows us to mix many kinds of food sources together, such as cassava, sago, taro, yam, etc.”
      “My main meal came with well seasoned roasted potatoes, nice firm courgettes in thick tomato sauce, and mildly spiced yam.”
      “Some nutritious vegetables enjoyed by Panamanians are plantain, yellow yam, yucca, and bread fruit.”
yamsticks
  1. plural of yamstick
yampees
  1. plural of yampee
yampies
  1. plural of yampy
yams
  1. plural of yam
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tubers, rhizomes, roots, bulbs, vegetables, beet, potatoes, taro, turnips, jalaps, saleps, arrowroot, storage organs, sweet potatoes, batatas, camotes, kumaras, New Zealand yam, oca, root vegetables, spuds, taters, murphies, plants, earthapples, new potatoes, seed potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Traditional households eat porridge for breakfast, which is made from millet, corn, yams, or manioc.”
      “Certain plants, such as bamboo shoots and wild yams, were eaten in good years as well.”
      “The farmers classify yams as wild or domesticated based on their appearance.”
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