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Meanings of yam in English

Portuguese
inhame

Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots.

        inhame

        Naval mine of the Soviet Navy.

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                Thai salad.

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                        Usage of yam in English
                        1
                        This is the season for the yam-planting and you must plant now.
                        Island Tales / On the Makaloa Mat
                        2
                        Take one pound of roasted yam, and rub it through a cullender.
                        Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
                        3
                        Give me plenty of victims, and you will have plenty of yam.
                        The Great Taboo
                        4
                        Suthep could have had some type of a tom yam tasting popcorn.
                        Corpus of a Siam Mosquito
                        5
                        He began: 'You take a hand and close it round a yam.'
                        Red Pottage
                        6
                        Then, he ate grated yam with his mother and father, it says.
                        Welcome to the N.H.K.
                        7
                        At supper, Ruolan's mother poured the strong yam wine for Uncle Bing.
                        A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
                        8
                        The two auxiliary verbs are kam, ''I have,'' and yam, ''I am.''
                        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                        9
                        Small patches of yam and cassava were the principal vegetables noticed.
                        The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
                        10
                        There is not a sweet potato left; not a single yam.
                        Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
                        11
                        A great variety of yam-like tubers are cultivated in Torres Strait.
                        Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the ...
                        12
                        He saw them all start out with their yam-sticks in hand.
                        Primitive Love and Love-Stories
                        13
                        The yam crop is coming on well: fish are always abundant.
                        Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
                        14
                        You could say, 'To Jasper Kohle, I yam what I yam.'
                        In the night room: a novel
                        15
                        She said less about their extreme enjoyment of the yam, and while Mrs.
                        Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 1
                        16
                        With their yam sticks they dug all round these ant holes.
                        Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as t...
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                        Translations for yam
                        Portuguese
                        inhame
                        Yam through the time
                        Yam across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common