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Definition of yam noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a potato

yam

noun

yam pronunciation English

jæm

yam pronunciation American

jæm

[countable, uncountable]

the large root of a tropical plant that is cooked as a vegetable