yam

Meaning of yam

noun
  1. Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
  2. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
  3. A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
  4. Potato.
  5. A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
  6. Taro.
  7. An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.

noun

(Cumberland) home

Information about yam

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of yam is: yams.
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Hyphenation of yam

yam

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • yam is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of yam

Amy, amy, Aym, May, may, Mya, mya, Yma

Words that rhyme with yam

Yam, Bayam, kangayam, Byam, Mohineyam, lyam, cocoyam, Miryam, Khayyam

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