yam
- Noun. (botany) Any climbing vine of the genus ''Dioscorea'' in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
- Noun. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
- Noun. (US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the genus ''Ipomoea''.
- Noun. (Scotland) Potato.
- Noun. (context, West Cumbria) home.
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