Meanings (ES + gloss)
ñame • ñamera
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
ame • yame • ñame • ñangate
The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
Inwardly Okonkwo knew that the boys were still too young to understand fully the difficult art of preparing seed-yams. But he thought that one could not begin too early. Yam stood…
Phrases
Chinese yamFoochow yamIndian three-leaf yamIndian yamJapanese mountain yamJapanese yamMexican yamNew Zealand yamOkinawan yamaerial yamafoo yamair yambetel yambitter yamcheeky yamcommon yamcush-cush yamelephant foot yamelephant yamfiveleaf yamfourleaf yamgarnet yamgreater yamintoxicating yamjewel yamlesser yammountain yamnegro yamparsnip yampotato yampounded yampurple yamseven-lobed yamthorny yamtoco for yamtropical yamtrue yamwater yamwhite yamwild yam
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