yam

250 px

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

  • Pronunciation spelling of am

Origin

  • From Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi ("cassava") or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657. name.
  • Alternative form of hjem. Likely caused by Old Norse influence from Old Norse heim ("home, homewards"), the accusative form of heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. More at home.

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