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yam
yam common name for some members of the Dioscoreaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical climbing herbs or shrubs with starchy rhizomes often cultivated for food. The largest genus, Dioscorea, is commercially important in East Asia and in tropical America. The thick rhizomes, often weighing 30... Read more
Bat Yam
Bat Yam , city (1994 pop. 142,300), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea, near Tel Aviv. It is a suburb and an industrial center. The city was founded in 1926 and originally called Bayit VeGan [Heb.,=home and garden]. ... Read more
Trobriand Islands
Trobriand Islands , small volcanic island group off SE New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Kiriwana is the largest of the group's 22 islands. Yams, pearl shell, and trepang are the major products. The islands were made famous in the writings of anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski . ... Read more
Abeokuta
Abeokuta , city (1991 est. pop. 377,000), SW Nigeria. It is the trade center for an agricultural region producing rice, yams, cassava, cotton, fruit, vegetables, and palm products. Manufactures of the city include beer, cement, dyed textiles, and canned foods. There are granite quarries nearby that ... Read more
Ado
Ado , city (1987 est. pop. 287,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a region where rice, corn, cassava, and yams are grown. Traditionally an important cotton-weaving town, Ado also manufactures bricks, tile, and pottery. Ado was the capital of the Yoruba Ekiti state that was probably founded in the 15th c... Read more
Oyo
Oyo , city (1991 est. pop. 226,700), SW Nigeria. It is primarily a farming town, producing tobacco, yams, and cassava. Traditional artisans make textiles and leather goods and carve utensils from shells of the calabash gourd. Oyo was founded c.1835 as the successor of Old Oyo (Katunga), the capital ... Read more
sweet potato
sweet potato trailing perennial plant ( Ipomoea batatas ) of the family Convolvulaceae ( morning glory family), native to the New World tropics. Cultivated from ancient times by the Aztecs for its edible tubers, it was introduced into Europe in the 16th cent. and later spread to Asia. It is now th... Read more
Dyak
Dyak or Dayak , name applied to one of the groups of indigenous peoples of the island of Borneo , numbering about 2 million. The Dyaks have maintained their customs and mode of life largely uninfluenced by modern civilization. The group is generally divided into the Sea Dyaks, or Iban, who inha... Read more
Baal
Baal , plural Baalim [Semitic,=master, lord], name used throughout the Bible for the chief deity or for deities of Canaan. The term was originally an epithet applied to the storm god Hadad. Technically, Baal was subordinate to El. Baal is attested in the Ebla texts (first half of 2d millennium B... Read more
Sulawesi
Sulawesi , formerly Celebes , island (1990 pop. 12,511,163), c.73,000 sq mi (189,070 sq km), largest island in E Indonesia, E of Borneo, from which it is separated by the Makasar Strait. Ujung Pandang (Makasar) is its chief city and port; other important towns are Manado , Gorontalo, and Palop... Read more

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Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Yam Yams are any of the 10 economically...United States, the name yam is often misapplied to...Ipomea batatas). Yams are herbaceous plants...seeds. Some cultivars of yam, however, rarely flower...In commonly cultivated yams, the tubers lie underground...
Mexican Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...and prevent miscarriages. Wild yam was also used as a colic remedy...in 1936 discovered that wild yam contained diosgenin, a chemical...worked with species of Mexican yams. Others used his technique for...companies began marketing Mexican yam products as a source of natural...
Chinese Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...dioscoreae . Other names for Chinese yam include dioscorea and shan yao. Chinese yam is native to China, Japan, Korea...Sweet potatoes are often called yams, although they are different plants. The Chinese yam plant is a climbing vine that supports...
yam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...In the United States, cultivation of yams for food is restricted to the South, but the wild yam (sometimes used medicinally) is indigenous...was formerly eaten by the natives. Yams are classified in the division Magnoliophyta...
Donald Yam-kuen Tsang
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Donald Yam-kuen Tsang 1944-, Hong Kong government official and political leader. He joined the Hong Kong colonial civil service in 1967...
Bat Yam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Bat Yam , city (1994 pop. 142,300), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea, near Tel Aviv. It is a suburb and an industrial center. The city was founded in 1926 and originally called Bayit VeGan [Heb.,=home and garden].
Nigeria
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World ...eat gari (cassava powder) dumplings, pumpkins, and yams. Yams are usually eaten in place of potatoes and are an important part of the Nigerian diet. However, African yams are different than Western yams. They are pale, barely...
Ghana
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World ...rice, palm fruit, and various citrus fruits have also flourished into profitable cash crops. Yams African yams taste slightly different than Western yams, but Western yams may be used. Ingredients 4 yams (a sweet potato may be substituted) Salt...
SIC 0139 Field Crops Except Cash Grains, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...hops, mint, peanuts, sweet potatoes, timothy, and yams. This category also includes establishments deriving...Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming) Sweet Potatoes and Yams. Yams grown in the United States are actually a variety of sweet...
Trobriand Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...to purchase tons of Trobriand yams, while wood carvings, decorated...was as intense as ever, while yam harvests and women's mortuary...populations ranging from 200 to 500. Yam houses stand prominently around...decorate their houses and their yam houses with ancestral designs...

Dictionary entries related to "yam"

yam
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition ...plants of Dioscorea spp.: D. rotundala white yam, and D. cayenensis , yellow or Guinea yam, water, trifoliate, or Chinese yam. A major food in parts of Africa and also the...In the USA sweet potatoes are sometimes called yams.
Yamāntaka
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism Yamāntaka. The ‘Destroyer of Yama ’, the wrathful...form that the Bodhisattva assumed to overcome Yama , the embodiment of death . Yamāntaka is also the protector deity linked most closely to the Tibetan...
Kaboré, Jean-Marie Gaston
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Television Festival of Ouagadougou), for Buud Yam, 1997. Films as Director: 1977 Je reviens...Lumiere and Company ) (co-d) 1997 Buud Yam Publications: By KABORÉ: articles...date are Wend Kuuni, Zan Boko, and Buud Yam. Wend Kuuni (God's Gift ) takes place...
yammer
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English yam·mer / ˈyamər / • n. inf. or dial. loud and sustained or repetitive noise...make a loud repetitive noise. ∎  talk volubly. DERIVATIVES: yam·mer·er n.
endogamy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology ...Your own mother, your own sister, your own pigs, your own yams you have piled up, you may not eat. |Other people's mothers...other people's sisters other people's pigs, other people's yams that they have piled up, you may eat.’
Mañjuśrī
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...yet he has a terrifyingly wrathful form as the bull-headed Yamāntaka (Slayer of Death), who as Vajrabhairava has...Tsong Khapa. Vajrabhairava—the most common form of Yamāntaka—is blue-black in colour with eight...
legumes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition ...groundnut, Arachis hypogaea , and soya bean, Glycine max , grown for their oil and protein, the yam bean Pachyrrhizus erosus , and African yam bean Sphenostylis stenocarpa , grown for their edible tubers as well as seeds. See also beans .
Mahiṣa, Mahiṣāsura
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...of the Hindu god Yama , the god of death, and in Mahārāṣṭra we find a goddess Yamāī riding on (or killing?) a buffalo. 3. From ancient times until recently, when for economic reasons...
Kauffmann, Richard
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...he designed some 80 developments for the Palestine Land Development Company, including Ramat-Gan, Herzliya, and Bat-Yam, and about 160 kibbutzim for the Zionist organization. His design for Nahalal agricultural settlement (early 1920s) was conceived...
tuber
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition tuber Botanical term for underground storage organ of some plants, e.g. potato , Jerusalem artichoke , sweet potato , yam .

Thesaurus entries related to "yam"

bean
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...bean scarlet runner snap bean snap pea snow pea soybean split pea string bean sugar pea sugar snap pea Swedish brown bean tepary bean velvet bean wax bean white bean winged bean yam bean yard-long bean yellow pea See also table at vegetable.
vegetable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...spring onion sugar snap pea summer squash sweet potato Swiss chard taro Thai chili pepper tomatillo turnip wakame water chestnut watercress wax bean winged bean winter melon yam yard-long bean yellow squash zucchini See also table at bean.

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Yams vs. sweet potatoes: Are they really the same veggie?
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 9/10/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...comes to confusing the yam with the sweet potato...growing up, you would see "yams" at the market, but...potatoes. Go figure. True yams grow larger than sweet...brag about it around the yam clan. There are more than 50 varieties of yams, and the largest can...
Yam's Returns
Magazine article from: Quad - State Business Journal; 9/1/2006; ; 515 words ; Yam is back in Winchester with a restaurant at...place on Valley Avenue that once was Rickshaw Yam's, a popular Chinese restaurant known for...oversized egg rolls. No, it's not Ye Wong Yam, but son Sing Yam whose name is on the restaurant...
Yam session: Sweet potatoes for the holidays
Magazine article from: New Orleans Magazine; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; A yam is a yam. Or is it? Whatever...bright-orange "Louisiana yams" will be baked as well...probably never laid eyes on a yam. It's big, misshapen...oversized truffle. A true yam is mild in flavor - almost...vegetables in the tropics. Yams (like sweet potatoes...
Simon Yam goes to Hollywood
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Yap New Straits Times 04-22-2003 Simon Yam goes to Hollywood Byline: Ricky Yap Edition...Suave and debonair Hong Kong star Simon Yam Tat-Wah, who was in town recently, gave...Press conference for Hong Kong star Simon Yam Tat-Wah in Petaling Jaya was a good case...
JAMAICA-AGRICULTURE: PUTTING YAM IN THE PICTURE AS BANANA WAITS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 5/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...and the Ivory Coast. Global yam production ranges between 21...and ensuring high prices for yams. "We don't have an exclusive...wholesalers everyone else uses. Yams are also a seasonal crop and...The world market is not large, yam is still very much an ethnic...
Perfecting the yam puff
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/8/2000; ; 511 words ; ...Straits Times 04-08-2000 Perfecting the yam puff Byline: Betty Saw Edition: Life and...Bon Appetit Column: Betty's kitchen Q: YAM PUFF is a favourite of my family's. So...satisfy. Can you please help me improve the Yam Puff recipe which I found in a Chinese cookbook...
Success with yams
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/27/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...sheep unit is now in yams. The venture employs...tea room at the new yam packing shed a mock...Colin Boyce as "The Yam Man". Other potential...nine years of growing yams (Oxalis tuberosa...the smaller salad yam varieties from Crop...paddock"), and the yams do best on the tops...
Sweet on yam
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/10/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...In Ghana and Nigeria, yam is such an important food that a Yam Festival is celebrated...the rainy season. The yams are offered as a thanksgiving...carbohydrate metabolism. Choose yams that are firm and do...spots. And do not put yam in the refrigerator as...
wild yam
Magazine article from: Better Nutrition; 11/1/2005; ; 656 words ; ...WHAT IT DOES BEST: Wild yam is known as an anti...Historically, wild yams have been used to treat...animal studies suggest wild yam may help lower blood sugar...primarily rice) with yams. Researchers found hormone...approximately 390g of yam (Dioscorea alata) daily...
CULTURE: They Yam what they Yam; Stefan Kucharczyk makes friends with Wolverhampton's tongie in cheek folksters the Yam Yams.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/7/2006; 700+ words ; ...Wulfrunian acoustic two-piece the Yam Yams are out to set the record straight...amusing connotations behind the name Yam Yams and expect the flimsy gimmickry employed...instantly striking about meeting the Yam Yams is their charming intimacy and refreshing...