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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'yam' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions yam noun  The edible, starchy, tuberous root of any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea, usually cultivated in the Eastern and Western hemispheres. (italbrac, Southern U.S.) A sweet potato. (Scottish) potato, Potato. Translations:  Dutch: yam(nl)m, jam(nl)m French: igname German: Yamswurzel , Yams Spanish: í±ame(es)m Etymology: From inhame and íame, possibly from the (Fula.) nyami, ("to eat"). The term was coined in w:1657, 1657.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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