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Image:YamsatBrixtonMarket.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Yams. English wikipedia
Etymology From Pg. inhame and Sp. ñame, possibly from the Fula. nyami, (âto eatâ). The term was coined in w:1657|1657.
Pronunciation :*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æm|-æm
Noun en-noun
- The edible, starchy, tuberous root of any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea, usually cultivated in the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
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italbrac|Southern U.S. A sweet potato.
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Scottish potato|Potato.
Translations trans-top|edible root of Dioscorea vine Catalan: nyam m Chinese:
Danish: yams, jams g|Danish Dutch: t-|nl|yam|m, t+|nl|jam|m Esperanto: ignamo Fijian: uvi Finnish:
t-|fi|jamssi French: igname f German: Yamswurzel f, Yams f Hausa: aduru
trans-mid Hawaiian: uhi Indonesian: t+|id|ubi|xs=Indonesian Japanese:
å±±è(ãã¾ãã, yamaimo), èªç¶è¯ (ããããã, jinenjo)
ã¤ããã¤ã¢ (yamanoimo) Korean: ë§ (ma) Latvian: dioskorÄja
f Maori: uhi, oka, uwhi Polish: pochrzyn m Portuguese: inhame m Spanish:
t+|es|ñame|m trans-bottom
trans-top|sweet potato See: sweet potato trans-bottom
trans-top|potato See: potato trans-bottom
See also sweet potato
Category:Vegetables
Dutch
Pronunciation IPA|/jÉm/
Noun nl-noun2|m|s|metje
- #English|Yam.
Synonyms jam
zh-min-nan:yam es:yam fr:yam io:yam id:yam hu:yam
ru:yam ta:yam te:yam vi:yam tr:yam vo:yam zh:yam
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