Growth studies in Chinese yam (Dioscorea esculenta). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
The yam is a plant of tropical climates and does not tolerate. From Wordnik.com. [4 Yams] Reference
Be sure to use the dark orange type rather than a true yam, which is quite a different vegetable. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal-Standard Homepage RSS] Reference
Despite this, the yam is a seasonal fruit and can only be harvested at certain times throughout the year. From Wordnik.com. [4 Yams] Reference
USDA requires that if you use the popular name yam on a sweet potato, you must also label it sweet potato, the correct name. From Wordnik.com. [Meathead Goldwyn: No Marshmallows! Sweet & Savory Sweet Potato Steak Fries] Reference
Moisture: Drier than a "yam" and somewhat sweeter. From Wordnik.com. [I Yam What I Yam...] Reference
Also referred to as "yam" in Kenya is Colocasia esculenta. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Some tuberous plants such as yam are difficult to mechanize. From Wordnik.com. [1. Labour productivity and distribution] Reference
There is no botanical difference between a "yam" and a "sweet potato". From Wordnik.com. [I Yam What I Yam...] Reference
I always thought that 'yam' meant 'suran',but found out it stood for sweet potato here. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet Offering - Nevryo] Reference
In this country, "yam" is an anomalous marketing name sometimes applied to sweet potatoes. From Wordnik.com. [Going Global on Thanksgiving] Reference
Cassada is a kind of yam, and sends up a tall stalk, with light green leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an African Cruiser] Reference
The therapy, also known as BHRT, uses hormones derived from plants such as yam and soy. From Wordnik.com. [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference
They taste something like a yam or hard dry potato. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Suthep could have had some type of a tom yam tasting popcorn. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
I'll quote Popeye the Sailor Man — I yam what I yam what I yam. From Wordnik.com. [Sheldon G. Adelson: We’ll Always Have Vegas] Reference
However, the yam may prove a valuable acquisition to the country. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
Chinese yam, recently introduced, grows downward two or three feet. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
In vegetables, she has the yam, cassado, tan yan, and sweet potato. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
She looks like she needs a good plate of yam and plantain and stew. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2005] Reference
The yam is of a dirty brown color outside, but white and mealy within. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
He don't ever take the trouble to make up a yam unless he has a motive. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
Small patches of yam and cassava were the principal vegetables noticed. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages] Reference
Next to these, the yam and the sweet potato form the diet of the natives. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journey to Puerto Rico : for Intermediate and Upper Grades For Intermediate and Upper Grades] Reference
This is one of last year's winners, Marshmallow, his alternate not seeing yam. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2006] Reference
They wave red flags and dine on such communist delicacies as yam soup and wild grass. From Wordnik.com. [Long Marching] Reference
It just proves anyone can change -- even a guy whose motto is "" I yam what I yam. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Virgin Olive Oyl?] Reference
The staple diet was the yam, a tuber reaching at times in good soil a weight far in excess of the potato. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
The root of the yam is wholesome and well-flavored; nearly as large as a man's leg, and of an irregular form. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
And yet some kinds of yam in flower diffuse a fragrance more exquisite, I am persuaded, than comes from any vineyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
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