yam
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
edible tuber of any of several yams
Types & categories
- tuber hypernym
Parts & wholes
- yam plant part holonym
Sense 2 noun
any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
Types & categories
- vine hypernym
- white yam hyponym
- cinnamon vine hyponym
- air potato hyponym
- cush-cush hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 3 noun
sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked
Types & categories
- sweet potato hypernym
Sense 4 noun
edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
Types & categories
- root vegetable hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | yam plant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tuber |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Dioscorea |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | yam |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | vine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | white yam |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cinnamon vine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | air potato |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cush-cush |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sweet potato |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | root vegetable |