| 单词 | yam |
| 释义 | yam (once / 3722 pages) n A yam is a starchy vegetable that grows underground. Yams are similar to potatoes — they can be baked, boiled, mashed, grated, or cut into chunks. In North America, a yam is the same thing as a sweet potato, although in most parts of the world these words refer to two completely different vegetables. Yams have flesh that ranges in color from white to deep orange and tastes slightly sweet. The word yam started as igname, from the Portuguese inhame, from a West African source. WORD FAMILYyam: yams USAGE EXAMPLESLook what we dug up today – a 21.8kg yam. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) Cook’s note: Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes are often called “garnet” sweet potatoes or “yams” in American grocery stores. Seattle Times(Dec 06, 2016) Sisi made it well; she pounded the yam energetically, adding drops of water into the mortar, her cheeks contracting with the thump-thump-thump of the pestle. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1n any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots Syn|Hypo|Hyper yam plant Dioscorea alata, water yam, white yam grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh Chinese yam, Dioscorea batata, cinnamon vinehardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers Dioscorea bulbifera, air potatoyam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers Dioscorea trifida, cush-cushtropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface 2n edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food Hyper root vegetable any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers 3n edible tuber of any of several yams Hyper tuber a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage 4n sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked Hyper sweet potato the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States |
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