yams

noun
  1. 1

    Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.

  2. 2

    The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.

  3. 3

    A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.

  4. 4

    Potato.

  5. 5

    A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.

  6. 6

    Taro.

  7. 7

    An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.

noun
  1. 1

    (Cumberland) home

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