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yæmyam

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. yamnoun

    edible tuber of any of several yams

    Synonyms:
    yam plant

  2. yam, yam plantnoun

    any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

    Synonyms:
    yam plant

  3. yamnoun

    sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked

    Synonyms:
    yam plant

  4. yamnoun

    edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food

    Synonyms:
    yam plant

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "yam":

    ren, yin, tsang, yum

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  1. Graffito, reported by Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 1980:

    Cogito ergo spud. - I think, therefore I yam


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