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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024yam /yæm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologythe starchy root of an African climbing vine that resembles a sweet potato and is grown as food in warm regions.
- Plant Biologysweet potato.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024yam (yam),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- Plant Biologyany of these plants.
- Plant Biologythe sweet potato.
- Scottish Termspotato (def. 1).
- Portuguese inhame or Spanish (i)ñame
- sources in one or more West African languages (compare Wolof nyam(nyam), Fulani nyami to eat, Twi εnãm flesh, ànyinam, ayam'kàw-dé kinds of yam; earlier English forms
- compare Gullah nyam, Jamaican English nyaams, Sranan jamsi 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: yam /jæm/ n - any of various twining plants of the genus Dioscorea, of tropical and subtropical regions, cultivated for their edible tubers: family Dioscoreaceae
- the starchy tuber of any of these plants, which is eaten as a vegetable
- Southern US any of certain large varieties of sweet potato
Etymology: 17th Century: from Portuguese inhame, ultimately of West African origin; compare Senegal nyami to eat |