white yam

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

   Synonymswater yamDioscorea alata

   Broaderyam

Questions about white yam

What does white yam mean?

white yam means "grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh".

What is another word for white yam?

Close synonyms include water yam, Dioscorea alata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white yam a common word?

white yam is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.