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Meanings of yam plant in English

Portuguese
inhame

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

inhame
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Examples for "yam"
Examples for "yam"
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
Usage of yam plant in English
1
"What's that?" cried William, who had been stooping down to examine the yam plant, and who was startled at the noise.
Masterman Ready; Or, The Wreck of the "Pacific"
Translations for yam plant
Portuguese
inhame