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YAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("yam" is a kind of...):
root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("yam" is a kind of...):
sweet potato (the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
Synonyms:
yam; yam plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yam" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Meronyms (parts of "yam"):
yam (edible tuber of any of several yams)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yam"):
Dioscorea alata; water yam; white yam (grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh)
Chinese yam; cinnamon vine; Dioscorea batata (hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers)
air potato; Dioscorea bulbifera (yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers)
cush-cush; Dioscorea trifida (tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers)
Holonyms ("yam" is a member of...):
Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Edible tuber of any of several yams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("yam" is a kind of...):
tuber (a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage)
Holonyms ("yam" is a part of...):
yam; yam plant (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots)
