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How to pronounce yam in English?

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Synonyms yam plant
Type of vine
Has types cinnamon vine, cush-cush, chinese yam, dioscorea alata, dioscorea batata, dioscorea bulbifera, dioscorea trifida, air potato, water yam, white yam
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Type of tuber
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Type of root vegetable
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Type of sweet potato

Examples of yam

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Rustica choices include curry chicken with yam and chicken sausage with arugula.
From the ocregister.com
The yam commonly sold in the store is really a sweet potato, or Ipomaea batatas.
From the dailyherald.com
Fufu is basically pounded cassava or pounded yam pounded together with plantain.
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Golden yam pie with honey whipped cream makes a hearty finish to a holiday meal.
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Add potato, yam, onion, carrots, broccoli, celery and ginger and bring to boil.
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The other variety is what was always masquerading as a yam when I was growing up.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Jochids of the Golden Horde financed their relay system by a special yam tax.
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The main staple food of the people of Ekiti is pounded yam with vegetable soup.
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Yam is either fried in oil or pounded to make a Mashed Potato like Yam pottage.
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  • Edible tuber of any of several yams
  • Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
  • Sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked
  • Yam, Yamm, or Yammu was a Levantine sea and river god, popular in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages.
  • Yam (Mongolian: u04E8u0440u0442u04E9u04E9, u00D6rtu00F6u00F6, checkpoint) is a supply point route messenger system employed and extensively used and expanded by Genghis Khan and used by subsequent Great Khans and Khans.
  • Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae). These are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. There are many cultivars of yam.
  • YAM (short for Yet Another Mailer) is a MIME-compliant e-mail client written for AmigaOS based computers. ...
  • (YAMS) Acronym for "Young Adult Male Smokers"
  • (YAMS) Slang term for very ugly feet.