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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
        Synonyms
        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