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water yams

water yams is the plural of water yam.

Meaning of water yam

Noun

water yam (plural water yams)

  1. A plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis or Aponogeton fenestralis; formerly Ouvirandra fenestralis) whose leaves have little tissue between the veins.
  2. (Africa, Caribbean) The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.

Questions about water yams

What is water yams the plural of?
Water yams is the plural of water yam.

Words near water yams in the dictionary

  1. water witching
  2. water works
  3. water world
  4. water worlds
  5. water yam
  6. water yams
  7. water year
  8. water years
  9. water'd
  10. water's edge
  11. water's edges

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