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yams

  • plural of yam.

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Yams are also a prized ingredient in Nigerian cuisine -- fried, boiled, mashed or turned into flour.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

The group, which has had more than 20 members over the years, have presented themselves as a family, but they've been plagued by jealousy, rivalries and disagreements since the death of its founder, A$AP Yams.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Yams - pounded into paste, ground into flour, boiled or fried – provide sustenance and livelihoods across West Africa.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2022

Yams are good for him too, especially because he’s trying to gain weight and muscle.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

We salted 70 or 80 good fat Hogs, and bought Yams and Potatoes good store to eat at Sea.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 by Blair, Emma Helen

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