yams
yams is the plural of yam.
Meaning of yam
Noun
yam (plural yams)
- Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
- The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
- Inwardly Okonkwo knew that the boys were still too young to understand fully the difficult art of preparing seed-yams. But he thought that one could not begin too early. Yam stood for manliness, and he who could feed his family on yams from one harvest to another was a very great man indeed.1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, chapter 4, in Things Fall Apart, New York, N.Y.: Astor-Honor, published 1959, →OCLC, part 1, page 34
- A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
- A potato.
- An oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
- Taro.
Proper noun capitalized: Yams
Yams
- plural of Yam
Phrases with yams
- tom yams
- yam yams
- afoo yams
- true yams
- wild yams
- jewel yams
- negro yams
- water yams
- cheeky yams
- garnet yams
- purple yams
- candied yams
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Questions about yams
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- Yams is the plural of yam.
- What part of speech is yams?
- Yams is a proper noun.
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