WordNet
white yam
n. grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh [syn: water yam, Dioscorea alata]
Wikipedia
White Yam
White Yam refers to at least two plants in the genus Dioscorea:
- Dioscorea alata
- Dioscorea rotundata
Usage examples of "white yam".
The engineering section had looked to him like a big white yam with three tuber sprouts sticking out of it at awkward angles.
She gave him a woven scarf as long as he was tall, made from white yam with black tassels all around its borders.