yam

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

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