WHITE YAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white yam mean? 

• WHITE YAM (noun)
  The noun WHITE YAM has 1 sense:

1. grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh

  Familiarity information: WHITE YAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE YAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dioscorea alata; water yam; white yam

Hypernyms ("white yam" is a kind of...):

yam; yam plant (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots)