yam
noun/jæm/
/jæm/
[countable, uncountable]- the large root of a tropical plant that is cooked as a vegetableTopics Foodc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Portuguese inhame or obsolete Spanish iñame, probably of West African origin.
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