A yam used in a variety of desserts, Dioscorea alata.

A kind of yam prized in Jamaica.

A kind of white-fleshed yam from Jamaica.

Synonym of Okinawan sweet potato

A variety of moist-fleshed sweet potato.

A variety of moist-fleshed sweet potato.

Synonym of name (yam)

Any plant in the genus Dioscorea, or its tubers, so called to distinguish them from the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties known as yams in the US, and from the New Zealand yam, Oxalis tuberosa .

Synonym of name (yam)

(Malaysia, Singapore) Taro cake.