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Yam

noun
1.
Edible tuber of any of several yams.
2.
Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots.  Synonym: yam plant.
3.
Sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked.
4.
Edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food.



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"Yam" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mr. Cunningham's explorations he found several cabbage palms (Seaforthia elegans, Brown); but they were too distant from the tents to induce me to send for any for the ship's company. Besides this he also found a species of yam (Caladium macrorhizum, Cunn. manuscripts) the roots of which would have furnished an excellent substitute for vegetables for us, had the plants been found in ...
— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia - Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 • Phillip Parker King
... corn-house, the fodder-house and the poultry-house, which is nearly as large as any of them; while nearer the mansion are grouped the "loom-house," the dairy and the oven-shed, under which is built the huge brick oven capable of baking to a sugary confection several bushels of yam "slips" at a time. On the left is the "negro-yard" (never called "the quarter" in this region), with its fifty or sixty substantial cabins, each gleaming with whitewash and having its own little ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, - No. 97, January, 1876 • Various
... house-girl, brought the little boy his supper, and the girl was no sooner out of hearing than the child swapped it with Uncle Remus for a roasted yam, and the enjoyment of ...
— Folk Tales Every Child Should Know • Various


Words linked to "Yam" :   root vegetable, cinnamon vine, cush-cush, Dioscorea bulbifera, Dioscorea alata, sweet potato, Dioscorea batata, air potato, vine, Dioscorea, tuber, Dioscorea trifida, genus Dioscorea


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