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purple yam

purple yam noun: a yam used in a variety of desserts, Dioscorea alata.

purple yam: a yam used in a variety of desserts, Dioscorea alata
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Noun

purple yam (plural purple yams)

  1. A yam used in a variety of desserts, Dioscorea alata.
    Synonyms:
    rasavalli, ube, water yam, winged yam

purple yam meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Malay

purple yam in Hindi

Dioscorea alata
रतालू ratālū

purple yam in Tamil

Dioscorea alata
செவ்வள்ளி cevvaḷḷi

purple yam in Tagalog

Dioscorea alata
ube

purple yam in Malay

Dioscorea alata
ubi
More languagesFewer languages
purple yam in Thai
มันเสา man-sǎo
purple yam in Vietnamese
khoai mỡ, khoai tím, khoai tía

Synonyms of purple yam

Forms of purple yam

pluralpurple yams

Questions about purple yam

What does purple yam mean?
Purple yam means a yam used in a variety of desserts, Dioscorea alata.
What is purple yam in Hindi?
Purple yam in Hindi is रतालू (ratālū). See Purple yam meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is purple yam?
Purple yam is a noun.
What is the plural of purple yam?
The plural of purple yam is purple yams.

Words near purple yam in the dictionary

  1. purple velvet plants
  2. purple vetch
  3. purple wax bean
  4. purple wax beans
  5. purple wiregrass
  6. purple yam
  7. purple yams
  8. purple zone
  9. purple zones
  10. purple-backed fairywren
  11. purple-backed fairywrens

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