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.

plural of yam cake.

A tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama. / Any of the plants in the genus Pachyrhizus, including several similar cultivated species.

plural of yam bean

Synonym of air potato

Dioscorea polystachya, the cinnamon vine / The tuber of the vine, used for food; nagaimo, Chinese potato.

A plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis or Aponogeton fenestralis; formerly Ouvirandra fenestralis) whose leaves have little tissue between the veins. / (Africa, Caribbean) The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.