"true yam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: true yams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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 . Categories (lifeform): Dioscoreales order plants, Root vegetables

Inflected forms

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