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Definition of Wild yam

Wild yam
Yam Yam (y[a^]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native name.] (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated. Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species. Wild yam. (a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock. (b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of Australia and Tasmania.

Meaning of Wild yam from wikipedia

- Wild yam is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Dioscorea dregeana, native to southern Africa Dioscorea ****onica, native to eastern Asia...
- Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being...
- North America. It is commonly known as wild yam, colic root, rheumatism root, devil's bones, and fourleaf yam. It is common and widespread in a range...
- from purple yam, other common names include ten-months yam, water yam, white yam, winged yam, violet yam, Guyana arrowroot, or simply yam. Dioscorea alata...
- wild yam, is a related variety of ****anese yam that is used as an ingredient in soba noodles. In ****anese, it is known as yamaimo (山芋, "mountain yam")...
- polystachya or Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is...
- as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, ch****y yam, potato yam, aerial yam, and parsnip yam) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae...
- bases, or enzymes of saponins, extracted from the tubers of Dioscorea wild yam species, such as the Kokoro. It is also present in smaller amounts in a...
- Originated in Uonuma, Niigata Jinenjo soba: flavored with wild yam, ****anese yam or Chinese yam flour Yomogi soba: flavored with mugwort Sarashina soba:...
- afaséɛ "inferior wild yam" Afu Akan Afúw "yam" or "plantation" Ahpetti Akan O-peyi A certain amulet Akam Akan A wild and inferior yam Anansi Akan, Ewe...