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true yam
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true
yam
(
plural
true yams
)
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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