2006-07-24 01:32:46 · 9 answers · asked by madge_ure 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
a kinda of root veg, specie of potato but doesnt taste like potatoes, its not sweet potatoes in Africa, Africa has two types of potatoes, the ordinary potatoes and the sweet potatoes, which is normally use for salad. But YAM is a different specie of root veg, a kinda potatoes but not potatoes exactly on itself,
2006-07-24 01:45:33 · answer #1 · answered by Angel M 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Depend on what U want to know... It can be...
a) vegetable, the common name for members of genus Dioscorea
b) A colloquial name for the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), particularly in the United States
c) The New Zealand name for the vegetable oca
d) Yam (god), the Levantine god of the untamed sea
e) Yam Cake (Wu Tow Ko), a very popular cake in Malaysia
f) A term used on the streets for ounces of the drug cocaine
2006-07-24 01:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by Handsome 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a just like a sweet potato.
2006-07-24 01:35:33 · answer #3 · answered by lilith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sweet potato.
2006-07-24 01:36:03 · answer #4 · answered by therego2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a root vegetable similiar to potatoe and sweet potatoe but a lot blander
2006-07-24 01:37:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a sweet potato in Africa.
2006-07-24 01:38:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it a sweet potato
2006-07-24 05:09:27 · answer #7 · answered by 77CB77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a vegetable
2006-07-24 01:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dictionary.com
2006-07-24 01:37:06 · answer #9 · answered by sparrow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋