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true yams

true yams is the plural of true yam.

Meaning of true yam

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.

Questions about true yams

What is true yams the plural of?
True yams is the plural of true yam.

Words near true yams in the dictionary

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

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