ALL meanings of yam
yam
Y y - noun yam the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions. 1
- noun yam any of these plants. 1
- noun yam the sweet potato. 1
- noun yam Scot. potato (def 1). 1
- noun yam The edible starchy tuber of a climbing plant, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries. 1
- noun yam sweet potato 1
- variable noun yam A yam is a root vegetable which is like a potato, and grows in tropical regions. 0
- variable noun yam Yams are the same as sweet potatoes. 0
- noun yam any of various twining plants of the genus Dioscorea, of tropical and subtropical regions, cultivated for their edible tubers: family Dioscoreaceae 0
- noun yam the starchy tuber of any of these plants, which is eaten as a vegetable 0
- noun yam any of certain large varieties of sweet potato 0
- noun yam the edible, starchy, tuberous root of any of several tropical climbing plants (genus Dioscorea) of the yam family, widely grown in the tropics for food 0
- noun yam any of these plants 0
- noun yam (botany) Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated. 0
- noun yam any of various other similar plants, as the barbasco 0
- noun yam The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food. 0
- noun yam a moist, orange-colored variety of sweet potato 0
- noun yam (US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas. 0
- noun yam potato (sense 2) 0
- noun yam (Scotland) Potato. 0
- adjective yam designating a family (Dioscoreaceae, order Liliales), of climbing, chiefly tropical monocotyledonous plants, including the barbasco 0
- noun yam (New Zealand) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa. 0
- noun yam (regional, Cumberland) home. 0