yams

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yams - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dioscorea \Di`os*co"re*a\, n. [NL. Named after Dioscorides the
     Greek physician.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams.
     See Yam.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]