Yam

Meaning

Noun

●

Any

of the

Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western

, usually cultivated.

●

The

,

,

of that

, a

food.

●

In American English:

A

; a

from the

Ipomoea batatas.

●

In Scottish English:

A potato.

●

In New Zealand English:

A

; a

from the

Oxalis

osa.

●

In Malaysian English & Singapore English:

Taro.

●

An orange-brown

, like the

of the yam.

●

In Regional English:

Home.

Verb

●

Pronunciation

of am.

●

In British English:

To eat.

*

●

In Basketball:

To

; to

humiliatingly.

Name

●

A surname.

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