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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

Encyclopedia entries related to "yam"

Mexican Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Mexican yam Description Mexican yam is one of some 850 species of yam in the Dioscoreaceae family. It is a perennial plant with twisting, climbing vines that grows in warm tropical climates. There are also some twists and turns related to this...
Chinese Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Chinese yam Description Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita ) is a root that is used in traditional Chinese...name for this herbal is Rhizoma dioscoreae. Other names for Chinese yam include dioscorea and shan yao. Chinese yam is native to China...
Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Yam Yams are any of the 10 economically important...storage stems). In the United States, the name yam is often misapplied to the sweet potato (Ipomea...trees, or poles. Depending on the species of yam, stems twine either clockwise or counterclockwise...
yam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition yam common name for some members of the Dioscoreaceae...food is restricted to the South, but the wild yam (sometimes used medicinally) is indigenous...glory family, is sometimes erroneously called yam. The S African elephant's-foot ( Testudinaria...
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].
Trobriand Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...necklaces, was as intense as ever, while yam harvests and women's mortuary distributions...with populations ranging from 200 to 500. Yam houses stand prominently around a central...Chiefs may decorate their houses and their yam houses with ancestral designs and hang cowrie...
Sweet Potato
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...is in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae). The sweet potato is sometimes referred to as a yam, but it is quite different from the true yam (Dioscorea batatas), which is another species of tropical root-crop. The sweet potato is a perennial...
Dobu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Activities. Swidden horticulture is "the supreme occupation." The main crop is the yam and its cultivation dominates the Dobu calendar. People without their own yam strains are "beggars" and find it hard to marry. Other indigenous crops are bananas...
West Africa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...chickens, fresh beef, mutton, and other meats, yams and yam fritters, guinea corn (sorghum) and millet beers, groundnuts...basted with oil, herbs, and spices), and atchia-kara (a yam and vegetable sauce ladled over chunks of beef, goat, and lamb...

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yam
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition yam Tubers of perennial climbing 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 Far East. A 150‐g...
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.
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 .
Ouedraogo, Idrissa
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1985 Ouagadougou, Ouaga deux roues (Ouagadougou, Ouaga Two Wheels ); Issa le tisserand (Issa the Weaver );Tenga 1986 Yam Daabo (The Choice ) 1989 Yaaba (Grandmother ) 1990 Tilaï (The Law ) 1991 A Karim na Sala (Karim and Sala ) 1993...
Burkina Faso
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...before achieving independence on 5 August 1960. Following the corrupt and authoritarian rule of the first President, Maurice Yaméogo (b. 1921), politics were marked by instability, and became polarized between the left ( trade unions , parties...
Vajrabhairava
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...Vajrabhairava. A tantric tutelary deity ( yi-dam ), thought to be the wrathful aspect of Mañjughoṣa or Yamāntaka . Meditational practices and rituals associated with Vajrabhairava are expounded in the Vajrabhairava Tantra...
Red Sea, crossing of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Red Sea, crossing of (Heb., keriyat yam suf ; possibly ‘reed’ rather than ‘red’). The miraculous event which enabled the Israelites to escape from the pursuing armies of the Egyptians at the beginning of the Exodus .

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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Yam's Returns
Magazine article from: Quad - State Business Journal; 9/1/2006; ; 522 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.com Partners With ChineseRoots.com to Launch Co-Branded Family Genealogy Site.
Business Wire; 10/6/2000; 700+ words ; ...today announced the launch of a co-branded online genealogy content site with Yam.com (http://www.yam.com), one of Taiwan's major Internet portals. As Yam.com's preferred genealogy and family site, Chineseroots.com will provide...
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...
Sweet on yam
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/10/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...New Straits Times 12-10-2004 Sweet on yam Byline: Eu Hooi Khaw Edition: 2* Section: Fresh Ingredients YAM is nutritious and delicious cooked in various...have the Bubur Cha- Cha of which diced yam is one of the ingredients, and a lovely...
Perfecting the yam puff
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/8/2000; ; 512 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...
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 ; ...such as Trelawny, are hoping to make yam one of those alternatives. Last year some...million. Observers say it is quite clear yam has a long way to go in its climb to the...governmental organization are planning a yam festival on May 23. "We want to acknowledge...
Isramco issues statement denying abandonment of Yam 2 well.
PR Newswire; 6/27/1990; 700+ words ; ...ISSUES STATEMENT DENYING ABANDONMENT OF YAM 2 WELL NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire...story carried by Reuters yesterday about the Yam 2 well drilled off the coast of Israel, Isramco wishes to make it clear that the Yam 2 well is not being abandoned by the participants...
Secret behind Kate's Mex appeal; YAM SESSION: STAR'S MAGIC TREATMENT.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/15/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...expecting her first baby in the autumn ... and yam. The 24-year-old actress has just revealed...streamlined new body could be due to the Mexican yam she is taking "religiously" to balance...discovering the wonderful properties of the yam, she said, her hormones caused mood swings...
Biggest talent agency in the world signs up filmmaker Yam Laranas!(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 9/11/2005; 700+ words ; ...world, has signed up Filipino filmmaker Yam Laranas to be part of its roster of talents...to a Filipino talent! And all because of Yam's horror movie "Sigaw." (Just for...ve never been prouder to be Filipino," Yam exclaimed. "Kaya rin natin pala sa international...
Yam, the cookie master
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/20/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Harun New Straits Times 11-20-2003 Yam, the cookie master Byline: Hisham Harun...Advertiser; 2* Memo: (STF) - Jason Yam's on a roll! His thriving business venture in cookies OF late, Jason Yam has been making lots of dough. Business...