true yam

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true yam

noun 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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@misc{true_yam_2026,
  title = {true yam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/true%20yam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}