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What (who) is yam$92792$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Yam Yam; Yam yam (disambiguation)
Yam
·add. ·noun Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet potato.
II. Yam ·noun A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.
yam
¦ noun
1. the edible starchy tuber of a climbing plant, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries.
2. the plant which yields yams. [Genus Dioscorea: many species.]
3. N. Amer. a sweet potato.
Origin
C16: from Port. inhame or obs. Sp. iname, prob. of W. Afr. origin.
Yam (vegetable)
![1817 painting of [[Ashanti yam ceremony]], [[Ghana]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashanti Yam Ceremony 1817.jpg?width=200 "1817 painting of [[Ashanti yam ceremony]], [[Ghana]]")
![alt=Segment of a [[Chinese yam]] (''D. polystachya'')](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dioscorea polystachya (batatas).jpg?width=200 "alt=Segment of a [[Chinese yam]] (''D. polystachya'')")
![Yams being fried in [[Ivory Coast]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Igname frite2.jpg?width=200 "Yams being fried in [[Ivory Coast]]")
![Tile on street depicting Aboriginal women gathering yams. [[Cooktown, Australia]]. 2005](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tile on street depicting Aboriginal women gathering yams. Cooktown, Australia. 2005.jpg?width=200 "Tile on street depicting Aboriginal women gathering yams. [[Cooktown, Australia]]. 2005")
![A piece of cake made with ube (purple yam; [[Philippines]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ube Cake.jpg?width=200 "A piece of cake made with ube (purple yam; [[Philippines]])")
![Yams at [[Port-Vila]] market ([[Vanuatu]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vanuatu marché igname.JPG?width=200 "Yams at [[Port-Vila]] market ([[Vanuatu]])")
![D. alata]]'')](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yam with numerous protruding fibers.jpg?width=200 "D. alata]]'')")
![D. polystachya]]'') and ''[[maguro]]'' (tuna)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yamakake.JPG?width=200 "D. polystachya]]'') and ''[[maguro]]'' (tuna)")
EDIBLE TUBER
Igname; Ñame; Taradi; Yam (Vegetable); Yam (Tubers); True yam; List of yam diseases; Yam anthracnose; African yam
Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers.
Wikipedia
Yam yam
Yam yam, along with Yam Yam and other variations, may refer to:
- a speaker of the Black Country dialect of the UK
- Yamyam or Abdulkadir Hersi Siyad (1946-2005), Somali poet
- Yamyam Gucong (born 1993), Filipino actor and comedian
- Siu Yam-yam, Chinese actress
- Yağmur Sarıgül, nicknamed "Yamyam", member of the Turkish band Manga
- Yam Yam (album), 1995 album by the jazz musician Mark Turner
