yam
IPA: jˈæm
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.
- (US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
- (Scotland) A potato.
- (New Zealand) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
- (Malaysia, Singapore) Taro.
- An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
- (regional, Cumberland) Home.
- A surname.
verb
- (UK, nonstandard, slang) To eat.
- (especially basketball) To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.
- Pronunciation spelling of am.
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