true yams

A form of true 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of true yam
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