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yam

The correct spelling is yam.

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/jæm/
noun

IPA: /jæm/

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The correct spelling is yam. Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.

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noun

  1. 1.Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
  2. 2.The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
  3. 3.A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
  4. 4.Potato.
  5. 5.A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.

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