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true yam

true yam noun: any plant in the genus Dioscorea, or its tubers, so called to distinguish them from the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties known as yams in the US, and from the New Zealand yam, Oxalis tuberosa.

Noun

true yam (plural true yams)

  1. Any plant in the genus Dioscorea, or its tubers, so called to distinguish them from the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties known as yams in the US, and from the New Zealand yam, Oxalis tuberosa.

Forms of true yam

pluraltrue yams

Questions about true yam

What does true yam mean?
True yam means any plant in the genus Dioscorea, or its tubers, so called to distinguish them from the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties known as yams in the US, and from the New Zealand yam, Oxalis tuberosa.
What part of speech is true yam?
True yam is a noun.
What is the plural of true yam?
The plural of true yam is true yams.

Words near true yam in the dictionary

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  2. true up
  3. true vocal cord
  4. true weevil
  5. true weevils
  6. true yam
  7. true yams
  8. true yeast
  9. true yeasts
  10. true-believer syndrome
  11. true-blue

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